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- noun A
protocol , agreed betweenmother ,midwives anddoctors , listing options such as birth companion, position at birth, pain relief etc.
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One of the things that all the pregnancy-advice books tell you to do is to put together a “birth plan,” which is essentially a delusional itinerary that you write for how you want this event you’ve never experienced to go, which you then give to doctors and nurses who have assisted on thousands of births, in order to make them hate you.
My Slightly Unreal Pandemic Pregnancy Condé Nast 2021
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