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MOST BIRTH PLANS SET YOU UP FOR FAILURE

A nurse-created guide to help you focus on being present, empowered, and active decision-maker in your birth... Even when things change. 

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Birth is wild, beautiful, and unpredictable. When a mom walks in with a birth plan that aligns with her values, as her nurse, I'll do everything I can to make that a reality. But our bodies humble us during labor and birth. More often than not, that birth plan has to quickly change (sometimes before she even goes into labor). This can leave that mom feeling like a victim of her birth rather than an active decision-maker for her and her baby's health. 

This guide is my labor and delivery nurse take on how to build a plan to keeps you in control and helps your care team support you. 

You'll learn...

  • How to make a plan that prioritizes your preferences and empowers you when things change

  • Common birth plan mistakes and better ways to communicate your goals

  • How to plan for pain management, interventions, and unexpected shifts

  • Practical language to use during labor to stay collaborative and in control

  • The difference between checklists and true preparation

  • Why your mindset and education matter more than anything else

It also includes a suggested template for lining out your preferences, if it empowers you to have it written down.

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HI! I'M SANDIE!

(Nice to meet you!)

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work with moms and babies.

I was the kid putting pillows under her shirt, pretending to be pregnant, because the idea of a woman growing and birthing a baby was just so magical.

And, honestly, it still is!

I started my career in birthing as a doula and now work as an LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum) nurse and a nurse educator in labor and delivery. I'm also an NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) instructor.

I love my job. I love supporting mamas as they bring their little ones Earthside. Every day at work, I get to see miracles of little humans joining families. It is literally the best job ever. 

One of the harder parts of my job, though, is when a mama doesn’t have enough information to make informed decisions about something in her birth. It’s her birth team’s job to educate her, and I definitely try my best, but sometimes there is a time limit on a decision that needs to be made, or the mama is exhausted or in pain so she isn’t in a great position to learn. There is also a lot of misinformation on the internet that impact people’s decisions around their births. It can be hard to do as much education as I would like to do in the hospital while a woman is laboring.

Being forced to make decisions in situations they don't fully understand can lead to those mamas feeling like victims of their birth, rather than empowered decision-makers for themselves and their babies.

That’s how Welcome Earthside was born. All the information in my resources is evidence-based and from my experience as a nurse on what I wish people knew to make the best informed decisions for their births. It’s knowledge I was glad I had when I was giving birth. 

MSN, RN

3x DAISY AWARD NOMINEE

RNC - OB

NRP INSTRUCTOR

2x MAMA

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Let this guide be your first step toward a birth experience that feels right for you.

 

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