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Birth Preference Worksheet

Birth Preference Worksheet

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Name
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Email Address
Partner's Name
Doctor's Name
Hospital Name
Please note that I have Please note that I have
Group B Strep
Gestational Diabetes
Other
My delivery is planned as

I’d like the following people for my birth

Partner (listed)
Partner Visitation
Parents (listed)
Parents Visitation
Other Kids (listed)
Other Kids Visitation
Other (listed)
Other Visitation
* During labor I would like During labor I would like
Music played (I will provide)
To wear my own clothes
Stay hydrated with clear liquids/ice chips
To wear my contact lenses
Eat/drink as approved by doctor
My partner to film/take pictures
My partner to be present entire time
Lights dimmed
Room quiet as possible
Few interruptions as possible
Few vaginal exams as possible
Hospital staff limited to my own doctor and nurses (no students or residents or interns present)
* I’d like fetal monitoring to be I’d like fetal monitoring to be
Continuous
Intermittent
Internal
External
Performed only by doppler
Performed only if the baby is in distress
I’d like to progress my labor if
I’d like to spend the first stage of labor
* For pain relief I’d like to use For pain relief I’d like to use
Breathing Techniques
Cold Therapy
Distraction
Hot Therapy
Massage
Standard Epidural
Nothing
Only what I request at the time
Whatever is suggested at the time
* During delivery I would like to During delivery I would like to
Squat
Semi - recline
Lie on my side
Lean on my partner
Be on my hands & knees
Stand
Use people for leg support
Use foot pedals for support
Use birth bar for support
Use a birthing stool
Be in a birthing tub
Be in the shower
* As the baby is delivered, I would like to As the baby is delivered, I would like to
Avoid forceps usage
Avoid vacuum extraction
Use whatever methods my doctors deems necessary
Help catch the baby
Let my partner catch the baby
Push spontaneously
Push as directed
Push without time limits as long as baby and I are not at risk
Use mirror to see the baby crown
Touch the head as it crowns
Let the epidural wear off while pushing
Have a full dose of epidural
* I would like an episiotomy I would like an episiotomy
Only after perineal massage
warm compresses and positioning
Rather than risk a tear
Not performed
even if it means risking a tear
Performed only as a last resort
* Immediately after delivery, I would like Immediately after delivery, I would like
My partner to cut the umbilical cord
The umbilical cord to be cut only after it stops pulsating
To deliver the placenta spontaneously
To see the placenta before it is discarded
Not be given pitocin/oxytocin
* If a c-section is necessary, I would like If a c-section is necessary, I would like
For baby to have skin to skin before examination
To make sure all other options have been exhausted
To stay conscious
My partner to remain with me the entire time
The screen lowered so I can watch the baby come out
My hands left free so I can touch the baby
The surgery explained as it happens
An epidural for anesthesia
My partner to hold the baby as soon as possible
To breastfeed in the recovery room
I would like to hold baby
I would like to breastfeed
* I would like the baby's medical exam and procedure I would like the baby's medical exam and procedure
Given in my presence
Given only after we've bonded
Given in my partner's presence
Include heel stick for screenings beyond the PKU
To include a hearing screening test
To include a hepatitis B vaccine
* Please don't give baby Please don't give baby
Vitamin K
Antibiotic eye treatment
Sugar Water
Formula
A pacifier
* I’d like baby's first bath given I’d like baby's first bath given
In my presence
In my partner's presence
By me
By my partner
No bath at all
* I'd like to feed baby I'd like to feed baby
Only with breastmilk
Only with formula
On demand
On schedule
With the help of a lactation specialist
I'd like my baby
* I'd like my partner I'd like my partner
To have unlimited visiting
To sleep in my room
If we have a boy, a circumcision should
* As needed post delivery, please give me As needed post delivery, please give me
Extra strength acetaminophen
Percocet
Stool softener
Laxative
Family/friends not named to be able to
* If baby is not well, I'd like If baby is not well, I'd like
To accompany baby to NICU/other facility
To breastfeed/provide pumped breastmilk
To hold him or her whenever possible
After birth, I'd like to stay in the hospital
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