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Different Types of Birth Plans | What to Do When Preparing for a Baby

Published: June 24, 2021, 10 a.m.

Today Adam and Rosie talk about pregnancy and birth, giving plans you can use to move forward with your pregnancy and preparing for what\u2019s to come. Rosie explains that it would have been nice to have prepared for getting an epidural, about which she didn\u2019t have a complete understanding when it came time to decide and had no coping mechanism in place to help prepare her. We discuss the pros and cons of hospital birth and home birth and what you should do beforehand so that you\u2019re ready for either one.

Thinking about birth plans 2:18
Epidurals and pain relief 4:01
The stigma of home birth 7:32
One of the key things Rosie learned in the hypnobirthing course 10:31
What the consultants might not like 19:41
A cute thing that happened to us 23:29

\u201cThat was another little tip. Tell the receptionist what type of birth plan you have, and if possible you\u2019d like a match. Then that way there\u2019s no hostility and contention when you get on the ward and you\u2019ve been mismatched. It\u2019s already happened before you

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