Get ready for labour day: the plan, the bag and the first hours.
Who it's for
- Expecting parents from around week 30 who want to feel ready, not rushed
- Birth partners who want a clear role, hour by hour, and the words to say
- Anyone who wants a birth plan their care team can read in a minute
What's inside
- Start here: how to use the guide in 3 steps, and what to do today
- Labour day at a glance, your birth team, and a weeks 30 to 40 timeline
- Your birth preferences, step by step: the room and support, pain relief options to discuss, positions to try, if you are offered an induction, if plans change, right after birth, and a filled one-page example
- The hospital bag: mum, baby and partner lists, extras for a longer stay, and a bag map
- When to go in: the signs, practice contractions or labour, if your waters break, timing contractions, your team's rule, the call script, early labour at home, the getting-there plan, if labour moves fast
- Partner's role, hour by hour: early labour, active labour and birth, the comfort toolkit, looking after yourself, at a caesarean, messaging family
- The first hours and the first night: the first hour, the first day step by step, your body in the first days, baby's first days, feeding in the first 24 hours, asking for help on the ward, before you go home
- Coming home: the first car ride, four stations at home, days 1 to 7, a meal plan, when to call in week one, the coming home checklist
- Birth words, decoded: a plain-English glossary
- Quick reference: the whole method on one page
- Companion planner (fillable, A4 + US Letter): birth preferences template, hospital bag checklist, contractions timer sheet, coming home checklist and a fridge call card. Every tool starts with a filled example.
How to use it
- Read one part a week from about week 30, together with your birth partner.
- Fill in your birth preferences and take them to a check-up from about week 34.
- Pack the bags by week 36 and stick the call card on the fridge.
Formats and devices
- Ebook: 63-page PDF, A5, colour, with clickable links
- Companion planner: 15-page fillable PDF in A4 and US Letter
- Read it on phone, tablet or computer, or print it. Fill in the planner on screen in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), Preview or your browser.
General information, not medical advice. Talk to your pediatrician, midwife or doctor about your child.
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