I can't say i had a written plan but knew what i did and didn't want, which kinda all went out the window when i got pre eclampsia.

I therefore didn't get -

*Midwife care with no medical intervention -i wanted to opt for natural with maybe gas- was given pethadine for pain but it didn't work(don't you just love how those contractions hit you when being induced with drip as 4 lots of gel didn't work)

*I was dead set against epi......i was convinced to have one much to my dislike after about 1/2 hour of them telling me i should and DH having to convince me.

*wanted to be able to have a bath/shower and use birth ball - didn't happen due to epi.

*Didn't want constant monitoring but due to epi i had to and DS ended up with internal monitring due to heartrate irregularity.....which turned out he had a true knot in his cord 8-[ apparently not very common as i had the doctor asking if they could keep it!?!?!?!?and most of the midwives had never seen it.

Soooooo........this time I am too scared to try natural as now i know i can sleep and get through it with an epi, but on the same thing i also know i will probably need it as i am being induced again and the thought of no pain meds is scaring me. My thought is i would like to be mobile for as long as possible in order to shower/bath.

*i would love for him to be placed on me once born and for us to hold him for a while before he is weighed and bathed etc.. but as long as DS#2 arrives h&h i don't care how he gets here. I intend to b/f him as soon as he is ready.