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Birth Plan Considerations
Tips on Making These Important Pre-baby Choices
By Shannon McKelden
Other choices related to breastfeeding are whether or not to allow your baby a pacifier and whether you'd like a lactation consultant to help you out.
Discuss these options with your pediatrician prior to delivery. Aside from the decision for or against circumcision, there is also the option to have it performed while in hospital (if available) or having it performed as an outpatient at a later date. Whether the baby receives a local anesthetic for the procedure may also be an option.
"Most hospitals will allow cameras and video cameras in the delivery room," Hunt says. "This is completely dependant on the comfort level of the mother."
Some physicians do have restrictions about filming/photographing delivery for liability reasons, so verify ahead of time.
This can include who you wish to be in the room with you during labor and after delivery (friends, family, other children, etc.) and anything else important to your plan.
Though her deliveries didn't all go exactly according to her birth plan, Nicole Bovey, a mom from Anaheim, Calif., feels the birth plans benefited her and her providers. "The doctor would review the plan before she would decide on the next plan of action," she says. "She consulted with me often and she would tell me, 'I know you wanted to do xyz, but right now I think we should do xyz.'"
Remember, birth plans should be thought of as a request list. "Chances are, there will be a few twists and turns in there that you don't expect," Holbrook says. "As long as you can keep an open mind with those expectations, you will have a more satisfying experience."
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