Hospital Birth Plan
Hospital Birth Plan
Hospital Birth Plan
No Hepatitis B vaccine (we have both been tested negative for Hepatitis B in recent
blood tests)
No antibiotic ointment in newborn's eyes (I have tested negative for all sexually
transmitted diseases)
If it is medically necessary for me to give birth in a hospital:
No Electronic Fetal Monitor unless necessary to save my child's life
I do not wish to receive any induction or pain medication (if you must induce, use Pitocin
and NOT Cytotec)
Please do not ask me, in the midst of labor, if I want pain medication, I wish to give birth
without medication
Only test my dilation when I am completely comfortable and ready
Do not clamp the cord until after I have birthed the placenta and the cord has stopped
pulsing
Do not suction my child unless it is necessary to save his/her life
Please let my husband announce the sex of our baby
Please immediately lay the baby on my chest so I may connect with my baby unless
unable to do so for the life of the baby please check baby while on my chest (see
below)
We will take the placenta and cord home with us for proper disposal/burial
If it is necessary to save my or my baby's life and I need a cesarean section:
I would like to have a VBAC after this birth, please use a double stitch when repairing my
uterine wall and not a single stitch
Let my husband announce the sex of our baby
Do not clamp the cord until it stops pulsing
Do not suction our child unless it is necessary to save his/her life
Please allow my husband to hold our baby until the placenta has been detached please
check our baby while in his arms
Please let me have my baby on my chest after the placenta has been detached and
delay after-birth procedures (see below)
We will take the placenta and cord home with us for proper disposal / burial
After vaginal or cesarean birth:
Please let us hold our baby and delay washing, weighing, stamping our baby so we can