Birth Plans - Part 2

Pregnancy Place Radio - Episode 18 - Re-Routing When the Birth Plan Changes

The Birth Plan has been carefully created and discussed thoroughly with your careprovider. The bags are packed. You are ready to go...and wham...a curve ball! Something unexpected happens. Now what?!?! In this episode of Pregnancy Place Radio, Erica and Karen discuss some practical ways of maneuvering through and coping with detours and road blocks in labor change the Birth Plan.

Some practical tips from today's show:

• Define what your particular needs are and follow through with those
• Trust your intuition
• Assess the urgency of any decisions..."Can this wait 5 minutes, an hour or more?"
• If time allows, give yourself a moment to regroup and breathe, pray or meditate
• Fill in any gaps in understanding
• Find something that is within your control, and focus on that
• B.R.A.I.N. = Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition and Nothing

Thanks for Listening! Tune in Tuesdays at Noon-Pacific for the next Episode of The Pregnancy Place!