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How to Write a Birth Plan for Any Labor and Birth Experience

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Baby Care Plans

Baby care is all about the care your baby will receive. It may include:

  • How will you feed your baby?
  • Will your baby stay with you in your room?
  • Where will physical exams for the baby take place?

This is where you get to say that you want to breastfeed but don't want supplemental pacifiers or bottles unless requested by you - or whatever plan you have for feeding your baby.

You may need to specifically request rooming in and find out what the definition of this is in your facility. It may be defined by your hospital, though many hospital have no nursery, unless your baby is ill.

Many pediatricians will visit your baby in the hospital. Do you want them to do exams in the room with you present or in the nursery?

This would be where you would discuss other care plans as needed, including testing, circumcision and other procedures.

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