Health tip: creating your birth plan

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(HealthDay News) -- There are many things to do to prepare for your baby's birth. That's why establishing a birth plan -- a list of preferences for labor and delivery -- may be in order.

The Nemours Foundation offers these suggestions about what to include in a birth plan:

Your ideal scenario for pain management, fetal monitoring, which family members to have in the delivery room, and preferred birth positions.
Your wishes for baby's treatment immediately following birth, including cutting the cord, and when you get to hold and feed the baby.
Your plan for feeding -- do you want to breast-feed or use formula?
Your plan for the baby's hospital stay. Should baby stay with you as much as possible, or should baby stay in the nursery?
Your emergency plan, including preparations for possible premature delivery or Cesarean section.

-- Diana Kohnle

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