People make birth plans. Nah – people SHOULD write birth plans. It’s your baby and your birth, you should be in control of the details that matter most to you. BUT – it’s worth noting that many birth plans don’t get read or are ready with disdain by medical pros as it’s seen as you telling them how to do their jobs.

I took a slightly different track in approaching writing our plan in a way that I knew it would AT LEAST be read because it was run to read. I looked all around the great interweb and really only found one good example of a great birth plan (found on McSwinney’s here).

If you are looking for what to include in a birth plan – I’d suggest asking your OB/GYN, getting a Doula and THEN looking into what the internet has to say. Once you are to that point – here’s a good birth plan resource

My advice – be overt about the things that you care about, make it interesting to read and bring treats for a job well done!

You can download the PDF here if you are really curious!

DOWNLOAD: Browns_funny_birth_plan.pdf