As for the no-plan plan, here’s my two-cents worth: If you will be giving birth in a hospital, i think it is worth writing down the basic desires you outlined in your blog and giving it to the hospital ahead of time. I did this, and it resulted in me having a very natural-birth friendly nurse assigned to my room. And while everything did not, of course, go according to my plan, I was extremely greatful to have a sympathetic nurse doing everything she could to help me have the kind of birth i hoped to have. I also had a midwife, but she was not there for the whole labor. And I had a doula, who was there throughout and who was wonderful. And, of course, Jed, who was also wonderful (and appreciated having the doula there to help him understand what was going on at different stages of the process). Anyhoo — my plan was pretty similar to what you outlined in your blog. If you want to see it, i’d be happy to email it to you. (I don’t want to be a pushy aunt, but i do get all fired up about this birth business; sounds like you do too!)

I think what I will have is a birthing plan that reviews the yeses and nos. Like what you have here, Yes to Adam, No to drugs and inducements. I think the plan should actually include more about outside the birthing room. Who is going to call the grandparents, and who will walk the dog and bring the husband food, or a break, etc etc.

As someone who has no real idea about anything, that is my birthing plan