Re: Birth Plans

From: dahmd (dahmd@gate.net)
Sun Jun 22 20:42:30 1997


John G. M. Robertson MD wrote:

> 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

This is one of Hill's Rules: "The fastest way to a Swan-Ganz catheter is to have a detailed birth plan." My favorites are the patients that start out their first OB visit saying "I want you to sign here that I won't have a c/section" or something similar. Invariably the Bradley method patients used to come with birth plans that started in the waiting room and led across the street to labor and delivery (you'll note the past tense).

Ashley D. Ashley Hill,M.D. dahmd@gate.net Orlando, FL





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