Think Your Birth Plan Will Hold Up?

Here Are 5 Ways to Stop It from Falling Apart

Access your 5-Page Birth Plan Template using the BirthTools Strategic Birth Plan Method
PLUS 5 concise, expert-backed videos to help you avoid common birth pitfalls and keep control of your plan!”

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BIRTHTOOLS ROADBLOCK ONE

"Can I Go Over My Due Date?"

Did you know that only 3% of women actually give birth on their estimated due date? Every baby needs a different amount of time in the womb to grow and simply inducing because of this arbitrary dateis a big reason babies we are seeing higher induction rates and increased numbers of babies in neonatal intensive care units.
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BIRTHTOOLS ROADBLOCK TWO

"Help! I'm being told I'm having a big baby!"

According to the most up to date maternity guidelines, a doctor should not be recommending induction or planned caesarean for a baby based on ultrasound weight estimation alone. In 2005 researchers looked at 14 studies and found that predicting weight using physical exam and ultrasound has an accuracy of less than 50%.
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BIRTHTOOLS ROADBLOCK THREE

Older Mums & IVF Pregnancies

More and more women are being offered early induction simply based on their age and whether they concieved through the use of fertility treatments. The truth is, while there are higher risk factors so some groups of women, but we have no good studies that suggest induction is beneficial for these two groups.
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BIRTHTOOLS ROADBLOCK FOUR

When Your Baby Does A Poo During Labour

When your water’s break and baby’s first poo (meconium) is found, the cascade of intervention begins. Around 15-20% of women will have this normal variation of labour and yet women are being treated as distress of the baby is confirmed and being told that they’re baby will absolutely inhale the sticky fluid resulting in complications (which is not true).
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BIRTHTOOLS ROADBLOCK FIVE

My Waters Have Broken But My Labour Hasn't Started Yet!

Unlike hollywood movies depict, it is really common for your water’s to break and have to wait over 24 hours for your labour to begin. While this is cause for induction in hospital due to the proposed risk of infection, the evidence shows waiting for labour is safe and reasonable if a mother feels well enough to do so.
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