Women don’t need to scrap birth plans, we need accessible birth education and continuity of care through pregnancy and into postpartum.
One in three Australian mothers report having birth trauma and thousands have submitted their stories to this week’s landmark. I’m one of them, having experienced physical and psychological birth trauma nine years ago.
: “Messaging from social and mainstream media often delivers a false perception that a woman will have a high percentage chance of following a “birth plan” and achieving a “normal” or “perfect” birth.”While there are many pertinent issues in the maternity system, birth plans aren’t among them. states that birth plans, when discussed with a care provider, can bridge expectations and reality by exploring unforeseen circumstances which ultimately facilitate shared decision-making, a hallmark of woman-centred care.
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