i was just wondering how many of you's actually had birth plans and found the useful and what you's had included on them

also what is ur prefered pain relief...it's all got me goin in circles
Birth plan for me was fairly basic. I wanted to be the one to make any decisions and I wanted it to be as stressfree as possible. I listed things like using the shower for pain relief, NOT lying down, walking around, as little noise as possible (i.e. no music, people chatting etc). Just things to make me comfortable.

For the pain relief, I wanted to try just gas for as long as possible. When that stopped working for me, then the lowest dose possible of pethadine. The epidural was to be the last resort to be avoided if at all possible.

Basically I wanted to be in charge and DH was only there to support my decisions and argue the point (if necessary) if I was contracting. I also warned him that if he dared to make an decisions without consulting me, sex was off the agenda for the rest of his very short life. He was happy with that!