Plan for the birth you want and the plot twists you didn’t — a simple template to help you work out what matters to you and make sure your birth team knows it too. You’ll map our every scenario and make informed choices along the way, because birth never goes to plan.
There are a LOT of decisions that can come up during birth. And 8cm dilated, sleep deprived and mid-contraction probably isn’t the ideal time to try to make informed choices.
My Birth Map helps you think through your options before labour, work out what actually matters to you, and communicate those preferences with your birth team - remember to discuss anything in the template with your team to see if it is appropriate for you and your individual circumstances.
And unlike a traditional birth plan, it doesn’t assume birth will follow one predictable path.
This is for you if you’re pregnant and:
Want to feel informed and prepared without trying to control every detail of birth
Keep hearing about “birth preferences” or a “birth plan” but have no idea what you're actually supposed to put on yours
Want your partner and birth team to understand what matters to you
Want to think through interventions and Plan B before you're potentially faced with those decisions
Have approximately 847 pregnancy-related things already living in your brain and would quite like someone to organise this one for you
You don't need to be planning an unmedicated vaginal birth to use it. There are templates and examples for both vaginal and C-section birth, because however your baby arrives, you can still have preferences about your care.
A 6-page downloadable Birth Map including:
A simple one-page overview to communicate your most important preferences at a glance
A detailed vaginal birth template covering what happens if labour doesn't start spontaneously, stalled labour, pain relief, pushing, monitoring, assisted birth and after-birth/newborn care
A dedicated C-section Birth Map covering the theatre atmosphere, surgery, medication and monitoring, delivery, recovery and newborn care
Completed examples to show you the kinds of things you might want to consider — so you're not staring at a blank page wondering what on earth to write
Use the examples to start conversations with your maternity team, decide what's important to you, then create a Birth Map that's actually yours.
Exactly.
This birth map is about understanding your preferences before circumstances change.
Your Plan A might become Plan B (or C… babies didn't get the memo about your birth plan), but that doesn't mean your preferences suddenly stop mattering. It also helps you feel at ease with decisions around interventions, because you know when they might come up and be indicated.
You might still care about how decisions are explained to you. How you'd prefer to manage pain. Your pushing preferences. What happens during a C-section. Skin-to-skin. Cord clamping. Newborn procedures. Or simply having time to ask questions.
Birth can be unpredictable. Being completely unprepared for it doesn't have to be.
Download your Birth Map, grab your partner and start working out what matters to you. This map is inspired by Dr Catherine Bell’s work which you can view here: https://birthmap.life/
Plan for the birth you want and the plot twists you didn’t — a simple template to help you work out what matters to you and make sure your birth team knows it too. You’ll map our every scenario and make informed choices along the way, because birth never goes to plan.
There are a LOT of decisions that can come up during birth. And 8cm dilated, sleep deprived and mid-contraction probably isn’t the ideal time to try to make informed choices.
My Birth Map helps you think through your options before labour, work out what actually matters to you, and communicate those preferences with your birth team - remember to discuss anything in the template with your team to see if it is appropriate for you and your individual circumstances.
And unlike a traditional birth plan, it doesn’t assume birth will follow one predictable path.
This is for you if you’re pregnant and:
Want to feel informed and prepared without trying to control every detail of birth
Keep hearing about “birth preferences” or a “birth plan” but have no idea what you're actually supposed to put on yours
Want your partner and birth team to understand what matters to you
Want to think through interventions and Plan B before you're potentially faced with those decisions
Have approximately 847 pregnancy-related things already living in your brain and would quite like someone to organise this one for you
You don't need to be planning an unmedicated vaginal birth to use it. There are templates and examples for both vaginal and C-section birth, because however your baby arrives, you can still have preferences about your care.
A 6-page downloadable Birth Map including:
A simple one-page overview to communicate your most important preferences at a glance
A detailed vaginal birth template covering what happens if labour doesn't start spontaneously, stalled labour, pain relief, pushing, monitoring, assisted birth and after-birth/newborn care
A dedicated C-section Birth Map covering the theatre atmosphere, surgery, medication and monitoring, delivery, recovery and newborn care
Completed examples to show you the kinds of things you might want to consider — so you're not staring at a blank page wondering what on earth to write
Use the examples to start conversations with your maternity team, decide what's important to you, then create a Birth Map that's actually yours.
Exactly.
This birth map is about understanding your preferences before circumstances change.
Your Plan A might become Plan B (or C… babies didn't get the memo about your birth plan), but that doesn't mean your preferences suddenly stop mattering. It also helps you feel at ease with decisions around interventions, because you know when they might come up and be indicated.
You might still care about how decisions are explained to you. How you'd prefer to manage pain. Your pushing preferences. What happens during a C-section. Skin-to-skin. Cord clamping. Newborn procedures. Or simply having time to ask questions.
Birth can be unpredictable. Being completely unprepared for it doesn't have to be.
Download your Birth Map, grab your partner and start working out what matters to you. This map is inspired by Dr Catherine Bell’s work which you can view here: https://birthmap.life/
