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How to Create Your Flight Plan<\/h1>\n

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There is much talk about birth plans and there are hundreds of examples of birth plans online. The thing to remember about birth plans is that they cover a couple of days in your pregnancy. I encourage you to learn what you need to know for a safe pregnancy and delivery, and even up to a full year after your baby is born. Some of the worst complications of pregnancy occur after you get home from the hospital. In many other countries women are followed after the birth of their baby for a full year. I strongly recommend you plan for the consequences of your pregnancy and delivery, not just your day or so in the hospital delivering your baby.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve created suggested topics to include in your flight plan, topics I believe are important for you to understand so that you can make informed decisions. These suggestions are ones I consider important as a physician.<\/p>\n

Some birth plans include decisions about whether you wear your street clothes or a hospital gown during delivery. You may make these decisions and include them in your birth plan. This decision to wear street clothes will not have any impact upon your safety. The topics I suggest you include in your flight plan concern those decisions you will need to make along with your physician to help bring about the kind of experience you envision for yourself.<\/p>\n

Clearly, you may want to have a natural delivery, but you will also need to be ready to accept changes in your carefully thought-out plans. In my experience, about 90 percent of the choices you make in this flight plan will turn out as you want. In fact, there are a couple of recommendations if you are trying to get pregnant.<\/p>\n

So in your flight plan gather the information you need and plan for your pregnancy, labor and delivery, and yes, plan for the changes in your life brought with your new baby for a full year after your delivery.<\/p>\n

If You Are Planning to Become Pregnant<\/h2>\n

Yes, you should start thinking about your flight plan even before you become pregnant.<\/p>\n