
As you prepare for the birth of your baby, you may have heard about the necessity of writing a birth plan in order to inform your caregivers about your preferences for labor and birth. You may have also heard that you should NOT write a birth plan, because it can be a self-fulfilling prophesy for bringing about everything you did not want for your birth into reality.
A birth plan can be an excellent tool, but as you’re about to learn, its usefulness may be for reasons you did not expect. We’re going to unpack what is a birth plan, and just as importantly, what it’s not. Continue reading