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How NOT to Write a Birth Plan

Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy

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The Importance of Having a Birth Plan

Sally Kohn: I went to the largest, most popular obstetric practice in my area. She brought a copy of her birth plan from her previous two births and was told they don't allow those here. "They are the ones who almost always end up with all kinds of interventions," she recalls being told by an OB-GYN. The doctor said it's against their practices policy for women to bring in plans or have any kind of discussion about what they're planning on doing during childbirth. But when you ask yourself if your body is really capable of making that decision, why not?

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