Re: Birth Plans

From: Ronald Helm (ronhelm@ronhelm.seanet.com)
Sun Jun 22 17:41:49 1997


The best laid plans of mice and men! Our midwives even go as far as to schedule a one hour session with each couple to lay out their "birthplans". Really all we, and the parents want is a healthy baby and a healthy mother. I get a sordid sort of enjoyment out of watching couples tick off and throw each of their wishes out the window as labor progresses. They really don't seem to care once labor has started. Their behavior becomes much more goal directed, the end is the goal in itself, and the means becomes secondary.

Ron

> It has been my impression that the easiest way to guarantee you
>will not have a "nice normal delivery" is to develope a 5 page notarized
>document and present it to your physician as a birth plan, requesting that
>he and all his partners sign it in advance (fortunately I have only seen
>this once). Call it Murphy's Law or whatever, but I am slightly
>superstitious about them.

Folklore over here said that the more detailed the Birth Plan the more likely complications were. In fact though I saw a paper recently which showed no relationship with presence or length of Birth Plan to outcome ! Malcolm Griffiths MD,MRCOG,MFFP,Cert.Mgmnt





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