Your birth plan should be a simple look at your ideas. It should be no longer than one, single sided sheet of paper. I prefer to have bulleted points separated by when they are needed, so baby care is all in one area, pain management in another, etc. I also recommend that they are in the order in which they occur. So you'd have labor, birth, immediate postpartum and then baby care. The end is usually where I'd place contingency plans, like what if you needed a cesarean section in labor.
Your philosophy is about how you live your life in general. Do you tend to have faith in your body? Do you tend to want those taking care of you, like your doctor or midwife, to make all of the decisions without consulting you? Or do you prefer to be in on discussions of your care? Do you find that moving around helps you deal with pain? These types of questions need to be conveyed succinctly in a birth plan.
