What did you change from one birth plan to the next?

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My first, I was only 18. So other than telling them I wanted it as natural as possible, I really had no idea. I'm still thankful it went as well as it did considering! They were talking about inductions & a c/s.

My second I was more prepared having been there before. This time I had better mw's who encouraged me to be active. I also waited til my contractions were 5 minutes apart before heading to the hospital, rather than going straight in. My fave birth out of all 4 of them. I handled it so well!

Third I had mecconium staining, so I was kind of expecting it to go haywire. I was trying to let go of all my plans, because I didn't know what to expect.

Fourth. Active labour, hands off middie, no internals & delayed cord clamping. Ended up having 2 internals, which I needed. The second one the mw felt swelling on my cervix, so it kind of woke me up to what I was doing (posterior baby, severe back pain, thought pushing would help ) I refocussed & got moving.

#4 was the only one I actually asked for specifics & had them noted on the hospital system. Its a midwife run labour ward thats only open when someone is admitted for birth. If i could I'd tell everyone to go there for their babies. There were no questions about what I wanted, when I booked in or in labour. Only thing they have is a BMI limit, which they think is unfair themselves. They will take somene over that limit in an emergency though They did when I was there, but the poor womans BP skyrocketed & they had to transfer her.