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Birth Plan & Hospital Bag

Choose where to give birth, write a one-page birth plan your midwife has seen, pack three bags by 36 weeks, rehearse the route in and line up help for the first days home.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Birth Plan & Hospital Bag, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

Before you start: this plan is general information to help you organise your own health. It is not medical advice and does not replace a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or other qualified professional. Check any change to treatment, medicine or diet with them first, and get urgent care if you feel unwell.

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Birth Plan & Hospital Bag

Writing a birth plan, choosing where to give birth, packing the hospital bag and lining up help for the first days at home.

  1. Choosing where to give birth
  2. Tour of your chosen birth unit
  3. Hospital pre-registration and cover check
  4. Choosing your birth partner and a backup
  5. Labour signs and when-to-call card
  6. Transport plan for getting to the birth unit
  7. Maternity notes and documents grab folder
  8. Hospital bag for the birthing parent
  9. Baby's bag for the first days
  10. Birth partner's survival bag
  11. Car seat fitted before the due date
  12. Pain relief options compared for your plan
  13. Comfort techniques practice for labour
  14. Understanding induction and your choices
  15. Assisted birth and unplanned caesarean explained
  16. Asking questions in labour with the BRAIN method
  17. Consent and your rights during labour and birth
  18. First draft of your birth preferences
  19. After-birth preferences for the first hour
  20. First feed wishes and support on the ward
  21. Postnatal ward stay preferences
  22. Early labour at home plan
  23. Birth plan conversation with your midwife
  24. Final one-page birth plan and copies
  25. Weekly countdown check in the final six weeks
  26. Bag and folder readiness check
  27. Labour-ready car and phone routine
  28. Freezer meal stockpile for the first fortnight
  29. Home, pets and post covered for the birth window
  30. Help rota for the first fortnight at home
  31. Recovery station at home for the first days
  32. Deciding on a doula or extra birth support
  33. Comfort kit and TENS machine decision
  34. Cord blood banking decision
  35. Practice drive to the unit at rush hour
  36. Past your due date plan
  37. Discharge day and the trip home
  38. Birth reflections appointment after the birth
  39. Older children's care plan during labour
  40. Planned caesarean preparation
  41. Home birth preparation and transfer plan
  42. Birth plan for twins or multiples
  43. Second baby birth plan after a previous birth
  44. Solo birth planning without a partner present
  45. Neonatal unit contingency plan
  46. Birth after a previous caesarean decision
  47. Birth preferences with a medical condition
  48. Giving birth away from home or abroad
  49. Birth after trauma or loss support plan
  50. Writing your birth story

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Choosing where to give birth

Most areas offer some mix of a hospital labour ward, a midwife-led unit beside or away from a hospital, and birth at home, and which ones are open to you depends on your pregnancy and your history. Comparing them on distance, transfer arrangements, the pain relief on offer and what your midwife recommends turns a default into a choice you made.

First tasks

  • Ask your midwife which birth settings are open to you and why
  • List the local labour wards, midwife-led units and home birth service
  • Look up the transfer time from each midwife-led unit to the labour ward
  • Record your first choice and fallback in your maternity notes

Tour of your chosen birth unit

Walking through the doors for the first time in strong labour, at night, is harder than it needs to be. A tour, in person or through the unit's video walk-through, shows you the entrance used out of hours, where to park, what the rooms contain and what the unit provides, so the packing list and the birth plan fit the real place.

First tasks

  • Check the unit's website for tour dates or a video walk-through
  • Book a tour slot that both you and your birth partner can attend
  • Photograph the night entrance and the nearest parking on the visit
  • Ask whether partners can stay overnight on the postnatal ward

Hospital pre-registration and cover check

Depending on where you live, a hospital may need forms in advance, an insurer may need notice of the expected birth, or a private package may need a deposit. Finding this out at 37 weeks, or at the admissions desk in labour, adds stress at the worst moment. One sitting to confirm what is needed, and what is not, closes the question.

First tasks

  • Call the maternity unit to ask whether you need to pre-register
  • Ask your insurer or health plan what notice they need before the birth
  • Submit any pre-admission forms and save the confirmation
  • Check for outstanding forms or letters from the hospital or insurer @recurring(monthly:12)

Make it yours.

Install Birth Plan & Hospital Bag, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.