C-Section Birth Plan Help. HSV Infection 4 days before due date - Warning: S.A. discussion in post
I am 4 days from my due date and felt a HSV lesion on exterior, top of my labia majora today. I have been on a 1G / day Valtrex treatment since week 36. This is my third birth. Every birth I go through the motions of Childhood SA and how I became infected (sometime around 7 years old), and worries of giving birth, and I am really worried about my mental health this time around. I have successfully given vaginal birth to two healthy babies.
My midwives have recommended a C-section due to the circumstances. If anyone is interested in the details, and the shit way they have handled this, I'd be happy to further explain in the comments. I am so disappointed in this practice this pregnancy. They have under delivered on so many things.
I am a holistic-minded mother, but practical. I put together a birth plan for the C-Section and would love for someone to look it over for me and give me your thoughts. Am I missing anything?
I am most worried about bonding, milk production, physical recovery, and my mental health. I am a 35, almost 36 year old, third time mother who is already tired and about 40 lbs over weight... I have postpartum doula support for about 4 weeks after birth and my husband will be home with me full time through the first or 2nd week of September. The support is there, but I am not sure if I can handle this mentally. Mostly because of the SA trauma and feeling sorry for myself. I had no control over what happened to me but it is controlling my birth plans.
Any advice on how to navigate this mentally so I am rise strong from this and get my body back in shape is greatly appreciated. If something is missing from my birth plan, please provide your thoughts.
Signed,
A devastated, blubbering mother.
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BIRTH PLAN FOR 1^(st) CESAREAN BIRTH FOR : ___
3^(RD) BIRTH
We appreciate the care & support of our health team. Our goal is a healthy mother and baby. We understand that medical circumstances may require changes to this plan if they become necessary for mother and baby.
Teaching Preferences
We respectfully decline the participation of medical staff in-training and students to be a part of the mother’s care while in hospital. We request that only essential healthcare providers be involved in her care unless an emergency requires otherwise.
In Preparation for the Cesarean:
1. Please explain each step of the procedure.
2. Please introduce all medical team members and their role.
3. Obtain consent for all non-emergency examinations, procedures, or interventions.
4. Communicate openly with the mother and father during the procedure.
5. Minimize unnecessary conversation and maintain a calm operating room.
6. The father is to always remain with the mother.
Cesarean Preferences:
1. Mother prefers a clear or lowered drape to witness the birth of her child.
2. Unless baby or mother’s health require otherwise, cord not to be clamped or cut until mother/father see cord is white and no longer pulsating.
3. Father to cut umbilical cord, if medically safe and allowed.
4. Place ECG leads away from the chest if possible, to allow mother immediate skin-to-skin.
5. BP Cuff to be placed so one arm is free to hold baby after delivery.
6. Warm blankets to be placed on mother for immediate skin-to-skin.
7. If mother is unable to hold baby, Father /nurse to help mother with skin-to-skin.
8. Support for breastfeeding immediately following birth.
After Delivery:
1. Delay all post-delivery testing and procedures to allow bonding for mother & baby.
2. Baby receives Vitamin K
3. Baby does not receive Erythromycin.
4. Circumcision is declined.