Guest guest Posted April 20, 1999 Report Share Posted April 20, 1999 I don't know if you know about these or not but they have birthplans available on the internet...yours seems very complete but I thought you might like to check this out too <A HREF= " http://birthplan.com/ " >BirthPlan.com from Pregnancy Today: Create your free birth plan now - make choices about labor and delivery and the birth of </A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 1999 Report Share Posted April 20, 1999 Debbie, Yes, I want to comment on that vitamin K shot too. At LLL today, our leader made a comment that she felt it was important to prevent intra cranial hemorraging in new borns...especially bfd newborns. Something that formula has which prevents this that is not found in breastmilk...one of the only benefits...lol. Just make sure to make an informed decision. This league leader is pretty knowledgeable and is a Lactation Consultant profesionally too. She is pretty into the " all natural " kind of stuff, so this made me think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 1999 Report Share Posted April 20, 1999 Debbie, It looks good. Wendi revised birth plan... Ok ladies...tell me what you think...i think i have included all i will...i am an easy person to get along with! LOL If y'all can think of anything else i need to address please let me know K? Thanks!---Debbie We have prepared a birth plan to help you understand our concerns and wishes for the labor and delivery of our child. We think you will find them easy to live with as they are not too demanding. The main reason of this birth plan is to make clear to the staff what i would like to have done in the event that my husband is not with me and my mother is. I do not want her making ANY medical decisions of any kind reguarding myself or my baby. ** Also she is NOT to get her hands on this birth plan.** For Labor....assuming that labor is progressing normally... **No shave or enema **I would like to be able to get up and move around freely without being hooked up to EFM the whole time. **If the need arises for the baby to be monitored, if it is possible, can it be done intermittently so that i can still be mobile? **I would like to have an epidural. **I request that I be given no demoral. **I would like for my husband, Mike, and my friend Jeanine to be able to stay with me for the duration of labor and delivery unless the need for a section comes up. In that case, i would like for my husband to remain with me if at all possible. Also, if I need a section, I would prefer to stay awake during the delivery. **I would prefer to not be tethered to an IV during the entire time and would prefer a heparin lock instead just in case something would require a fast IV. **I would like to be able to drink and have light snacks if possible during early labor. I have low blood sugar and need to keep my energy. **In the event that my husband is not with me, my mother will be and the nurses need to be aware that she is to make NO medical decisions for me or my baby no matter how small and insignificant they may be. **I give permission (request, actually) for the nurses to dismiss my mother from the room during my labor if they see she is aggravating me. ** I do not mind an episiotomy, if i need one and expect a local for pain relief during stitching. **I do not mind having an amniotomy or having pitocin used on me as long as i get to have the epidural very soon after. I have a very low tolerance to pain. For the baby. **I would like to give the baby her first bath. And i would like to do this on the day after she is born. Of course i will wash her head and her feet after she has been footprinted. **I request that she be given NO BOTTLES unless medically necessary and with my informed consent. **If not medically necessary, i request she not be given the Vitamin k shot but that she be given the oral drops instead. ** I would like for her to remain with me, in my room, during my stay at the hospital. If there ever comes a time when she NEEDS to go to the nursery, i would like to go with her. **I request that she be given no pacifiers. **I request that my mother not have any rights or say in what the baby needs to have done if the event arises that she isn't with me. ** While being transfered to the mother baby unit, i would like to hold my baby and take her straight to the room we will be in with me. **I would like for her to be weighed and measured in my room so that I can watch. If that is not possible, I prefer that the nurses wait until I can accompany the baby to the nursery. **I would like to delay eye care of the baby for as long as possible so that she has a chance to look around and see her family. **I would like for my daughter to be brought in as soon as possible after the delivery. But after all stitching that may need to be done is finished. In the event of an emergency.... We will discuss that if the need arises but i trust my doctors ability to handle this and to do a fine job at handling this. In the event that i deliver a son and not a daughter (as expected) I will only allow a circumcision if there is a local anestetic used for the procedure. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iVillage.com: The #1 Women's Network has the answers you need http://www.onelist.com/ad/iVillage0. We've got experts and over a million members to help you with stuff from daycare to dieting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Breastfeeding is Best!! http://www.maclee.com/breastfeeding If you like this list also check out http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/weanedbuddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 1999 Report Share Posted April 20, 1999 Debbie, I am way behind on mail and have obviously missed the whole conversation about birth plans but I hope you dont mind a comment. On the issue of vitamin K. I am a nursery nurse and we had a mom that wanted the vitamin K drops. Well our nurse educater researched it and found out it has to be given by a tube inserted through the baby's nose or mouth into the stomach. And the vitamin K has to be given more than once.(I cant remember exactly how many times) So this mother opted for the shot. Which only is given once. Hope this helps you decide what to do. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 1999 Report Share Posted April 20, 1999 a, I read a study on the internet last night that gave the baby 2 drops of oral vitamin K with good results not with a og tube either. My daughter got drops and my son got nothing. The study also suggested the mother take vitamin K orally for the last several weeks of pregnancy. Wendi Re: revised birth plan... Debbie, I am way behind on mail and have obviously missed the whole conversation about birth plans but I hope you dont mind a comment. On the issue of vitamin K. I am a nursery nurse and we had a mom that wanted the vitamin K drops. Well our nurse educater researched it and found out it has to be given by a tube inserted through the baby's nose or mouth into the stomach. And the vitamin K has to be given more than once.(I cant remember exactly how many times) So this mother opted for the shot. Which only is given once. Hope this helps you decide what to do. a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can now easily share photos and documents with your fellow list members http://www.ONElist.com Check out our homepage for details on how to use our new shared files feature! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Breastfeeding is Best!! http://www.maclee.com/breastfeeding If you like this list also check out http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/weanedbuddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 1999 Report Share Posted April 21, 1999 Wendi, Thanks it is no hurry a Wendi wrote: > a, > > Of course I knew you were going to ask that. I will try to find it again as I just stumbled across it and didn't bookmark it. At the time I was looking for info in support of not getting vitamin K but that wasn't it so I just kept going. I will do my best to find it for you. > > Wendi > > Re: revised birth plan... > > > > > > > > Debbie, > > I am way behind on mail and have obviously missed the whole conversation about birth plans > > but I hope you dont mind a comment. On the issue of vitamin K. I am a nursery nurse and > > we had a mom that wanted the vitamin K drops. Well our nurse educater researched it and > > found out it has to be given by a tube inserted through the baby's nose or mouth into the > > stomach. And the vitamin K has to be given more than once.(I cant remember exactly how > > many times) So this mother opted for the shot. Which only is given once. > > Hope this helps you decide what to do. > > a > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > You can now easily share photos and documents with your fellow list members > > http://www.ONElist.com > > Check out our homepage for details on how to use our new shared files feature! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Breastfeeding is Best!! > > http://www.maclee.com/breastfeeding > > > > If you like this list also check out http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/weanedbuddies > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Part 1.2 Type: application/ms-tnef > > Encoding: base64 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > V-Tech Computer For Kids! Challenge your kids with activities in math, > trivia, vocabulary, spelling, grammer! Looks just like your PC! No- > Hassle Returns*Satisfaction Guaranteed*Only $90.00 Free Freight in US > http://www.onelist.com/ad/shoptheglobe7 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Breastfeeding is Best!! > http://www.maclee.com/breastfeeding > > If you like this list also check out http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/weanedbuddies > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Part 1.2 Type: application/ms-tnef > Encoding: base64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 1999 Report Share Posted April 21, 1999 Deb, Coming from the prespective of a nursery nurse your birth plan sounded very reasonable to me. I know some of our " older " nurses are against birth plans(change is hard for some) You could ask if you could hold her while they give the shot. We have had people do that. I know in our hospital if the mom wants to keep the baby all the time we let her unless medically indicated(baby is sick or something) Good luck Make sure you get your birth plan to the hospital before you deliver that way the staff willl be aware of your wishes in advance. Also take a copy with you to the hospital a D L M wrote: > > > I think i have decided to go ahead and let the nurses give her the Vit K > shot...it didn't hurt and what harm can it do? Just as long as > they give it in my room....i am going to be adamant about keeping the > baby with ME at all times! Or if she has to be taken to the nursery, i > am going to request that i be able to go with her. > Hows that sound? Any nurses that work in OB----? WOuld i be considered > a neusence and a pain in the butt new paranoid mother??? > -Deb > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > V-Tech Computer For Kids! Challenge your kids with activities in math, > trivia, vocabulary, spelling, grammer! Looks just like your PC! No- > Hassle Returns*Satisfaction Guaranteed*Only $90.00 Free Freight in US > http://www.onelist.com/ad/shoptheglobe7 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Breastfeeding is Best!! > http://www.maclee.com/breastfeeding > > If you like this list also check out http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/weanedbuddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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