I wouldn't say anyone is silly! Doing a birth plan depends if there is anything specific you want/don't want from your birth experience.
Its important you have a strong advocate who knows your choices if you don't have a birth plan, someone who will ask the questions, or you need to decide how you would feel with this comment, when things are most stressful/exhausting/out of it:
"I think we need to do a caesarean and it'll be a general anaesthetic"
Not being dramatic here, over 1/3 of women are having caesars and some hospitals have a 50-70% rate...
When you don't plan this stuff or have it in writing, whats going to hold up for you in labour when you are most vulnerable? Giving control to the carers I feel is not the best thing as they will feel free to do as they please... and lets face it if they are standing there having a conversation with you or saying 'I think' then it's hardly an emergency! You're up against a tough system with skyrocketing rates of intervention, I think most women aim to avoid as much as they can, but don't plan or prepare to avoid as much as they can. Educating yourself with good solid education (not in hospital-based classes only) is the most important thing you can do, then a birth plan, because you can plan for things, thats perfectly okay, but you need to back yourself up with skills and good support -most don't and this is why many situations can go pear-shaped. Check out the Pink Kit.
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