Name: Aparna akundi

ATTENDANTS AND AMENITIES

I'd also like:
• To dim the lights
• To wear my own clothes during labor and delivery
• To take pictures and/or film during labor and delivery


LABOR
I'd like the option of returning home if I'm not in active labor.

Once I'm admitted, I'd like:
• My partner to be allowed to stay with me at all times
• Only my practitioner, nurse, and guests present (i.e., no residents, medical students, or other hospital personnel)
• To eat if I wish to
• To stay hydrated by drinking clear fluids instead of having an IV
• To walk and move around as I choose

As long as the baby and I are doing fine, I´ d like:
• To be allowed to progress free of stringent time limits.

If they're available, I'd like to try:
• A birthing chair

When it's time to push, I'd like to:
• Do so instinctively
• Be coached on when to push and for how long

I'd like to try the following positions for pushing (and birth):
• Semi-reclining
• Whatever feels right at the time

As long as my baby and I are doing fine, I´ d like the pushing stage to be allowed to progress free of stringent time limits


PAIN RELIEF
I'd like to try the following pain-management techniques:
• Medication

If I decide I want medicinal pain relief, I'd prefer:
• Regional analgesia (an epidural and/or spinal block)


VAGINAL BIRTH
I'd like:
• To view the birth using a mirror
• To touch my baby's head as it crowns
• The room to be as quiet as possible
• To risk a tear rather than have an episiotomy
• My partner to help "catch" our baby

After birth, I'd like:
• To hold my baby right away, putting off any procedures that aren't urgent
• To breastfeed as soon as possible
• To wait until the umbilical cord stops pulsating before it's clamped and cut
• My partner to cut the umbilical cord
• Not to get routine oxytocin (Pitocin) after I deliver the placenta


C-SECTION
If I have a c-section, I'd like:
• The screen lowered a bit so I can see my baby coming out
• The baby given to my partner as soon as he´ s dried (as long as he´ s in good health)
• To breastfeed my baby in the recovery room


POSTPARTUM
After delivery, I'd like:
• All newborn procedures to take place in my presence
• My partner to stay with the baby at all times if I can´ t be there
• To stay in a private room
• To have a cot provided for my partner

I plan to:
• Breastfeed exclusively

The following can be offered to my baby:
• Please don't offer anything to my baby at any point

I'd like my baby fed:
• On demand

I'd like:
• To make my decision later depending on how I'm feeling
I'm interested in checking out of the hospital early.
Hope this helps

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