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 Private birthing room
 Dim lights
 Soft music
 Peace and quiet
 Wear my own clothes
 Hospital gown
 Videotape labor and birth
 Take pictures during labor and birth
 Private phone
 Other amenities: VCR, stereo, flowers

Support People Present at Birth:

 Partner
 Relatives
 Friends
 Siblings
 Labor assistant/Doula
 No excess hospital staff
 Support people present at mother's discretion and according to hospital protocol

Preparation Procedures and Labor:

 Free to walk and move around
 Eat and drink during labor
 Clear fluids and ice chips available at all times
 Prefer to avoid an enema or shaving
 No IV unless necessary
 If so, then heparin or saline lock IV
 No unnecessary examinations and very minimal vaginal examinations

Monitoring:

 Fetoscope
 Doppler
 Intermittent external fetal monitoring
 Intermittent internal fetal monitoring

Pain Relief:

 Massage
 Hot/cold packs
 Hypnosis
 Relaxation
 Shower or bath tub
 Breathing techniques
 Movement (walking, swaying, rocking)
 Acupressure
 Acupuncture
 Meditation
 Epidural or spinal anesthesia
 Narcotics
 Sedatives and tranquilizers
 None at all

Induction:
Medically Induced:

 Pitocin
 Prostaglandin gel
 Amiotomy
 Stripping of membranes
 Cytotec
 Cervadil

Self Induced:

 Acupuncture
 Walk
 Castor oil
 Nipple stimulation/thumb sucking
 Sexual intercourse (if bag of waters aren't broken)
 Herbs

Episiotomy:

 Yes
 No

Delivery Positions for Labor:

 Semi-sitting with footrests or stirrups
 Side-lying
 Lying prone
 Squatting
 Hands and knees, pelvic rock
 Standing upright
 Walk
 Lunge

Birthing Equipment:

 Birthing bed
 Birthing stool
 Birthing chair
 Birthing pool/tub
 Beanbag chair
 Squatting bar
 Other
 I would like a mirror available so I can see the baby's head crown
 I would like to touch my baby's head as it crowns
 I would like to have the baby placed on my stomach/chest immediately after birth
 Room as quiet as possible

Pushing:

 Spontaneous
 Directed

Extraction Devices:

 None unless baby's health at risk
 Vacuum extraction
 Forceps

Cesarean:

 Partner present at all times during the operation
 I'd like to be conscious
 Screen lowered so I can see the baby coming out
 One hand free to touch the baby
 Immediate contact with the baby

Placenta:

 Cord Blood collection
 Injection of Pitocin to aid with delivery
 Spontaneous
 Encourage with breast stimulation, baby suckling
 Manual extraction
 I'd like to see it
 Use of placental tissue by the hospital

Cord-cutting:

 Partner cuts cord
 I would like to cut the cord
 Neither
 Other family member

Newborn Procedures:

 Done in my presence
 Done in my partner's presence
 Expanded Newborn Screening (arranged prior to delivery)

Feeding baby:

 Breast
 Bottle
 Both

Separation:

 No separation
 Partial rooming
 Nursery

Circumcision:

 Yes
 No

Hospital Stay:

 Short as possible
 Long as possible