BIRTH PREPARATION CARE PROVIDER Your birth preparation starts with your choice of care provider. Make sure you feel completely satisfied and happy in their care. Your care provider should have plenty of time to discuss your birth plans and make sure that you have safe, evidence based information. It is important that you know what to do to contact your care pro- vider at all times and it is very useful if you can talk to them frequently in the early stage of labour in order to judge when you need see them. With continuity of care midwives they may see you at home before you transfer to hospital because we know that transferring too early in labour leads to far greater rates of intervention. So make sure you and your birth team know when your care provider wants you to make contact and have all the phone numbers in you and your partner’s phones. Care provider’s number in your phone and partners phone PLACE OF BIRTH Check that your place of birth has policies in line with what you want in labour and birth (eg that you can eat and drink in labour, that you can move around freely and do not need to be continuously monitored, that you do not need your waters broken on admission). Policies reviewed Partner can stay Where to park? Plan to get to hospital considered How to get into the hospital? TOOLS FOR LABOUR AND BIRTH TENS machine for early back pain Hot packs for home (wheat packs for microwave, or gel pack) Having some hydrolyte in the fridge at home for early labour if you have a long latent phase or are feeling nauseous Massage Oils Stress Balls Consider reading Birth Skills by JuJu Sundin for more distraction tools Ice cubes in the freezer
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BIRTH PREPARATION
CARE PROVIDER
Your birth preparation starts with your choice of care provider. Make sure you feel
completely satisfied and happy in their care. Your care provider should have plenty
of time to discuss your birth plans and make sure that you have safe, evidence based
information. It is important that you know what to do to contact your care pro-
vider at all times and it is very useful if you can talk to them frequently in the early
stage of labour in order to judge when you need see them. With continuity of care
midwives they may see you at home before you transfer to hospital because we
know that transferring too early in labour leads to far greater rates of intervention.
So make sure you and your birth team know when your care provider wants you to
make contact and have all the phone numbers in you and your partner’s phones.
Care provider’s number in your phone and partners phone
PLACE OF BIRTH
Check that your place of birth has policies in line with what you want in labour
and birth (eg that you can eat and drink in labour, that you can move around freely
and do not need to be continuously monitored, that you do not need your waters
broken on admission).
Policies reviewed
Partner can stay
Where to park?
Plan to get to hospital considered
How to get into the hospital?
TOOLS FOR LABOUR AND BIRTH
TENS machine for early back pain
Hot packs for home (wheat packs for
microwave, or gel pack)
Having some hydrolyte in the fridge at
home for early labour if you have a long
latent phase or are feeling nauseous
Massage Oils
Stress Balls
Consider reading Birth Skills
by JuJu Sundin for more
distraction tools
Ice cubes in the freezer
WHAT TO BRING IN LABOUR
Water Bottle
iPhone and/or iPad
Roll on deodorant
Hair ties
Brush
Face Wipes
Washer
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Healthy snacks (e.g fruit, muesli bars, etc.)
Poppers
Thongs
iPhone charger
Massage oil (we packed jojoba oil)
Lip balm
Baby beanie
Medicare card
Private health insurance card
Wallet
Pregnancy Health Record
Pads and underwear
Something to wear in labour if needed
Crop top or bikini top for showers
Partners pair of swim shorts for showers or bath
LABOUR CHECKLIST (CHECK OUT ELLE TENS LABOUR CHECKLIST)
BIRTH PLAN
This is a whole separate topic! Consider talking to a midwife if you have not already