Your Birth Plan

Megan Davidson, PhD, is a labor and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and chest/breastfeeding counselor who supports pregnant people and their families without judgment or prescription. She is one of the most experienced doulas in the US, having attended 600 births and supported 1200 families postpartum. Megan has also published essays on the value of doula support, size bias in prenatal care, and body positive pregnancy. She lives and works in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two kids.

A must-read for birthing people who want to be informed and confident in their choices. Easy and enjoyable to read, Your Birth Plan empowers you to have the best birth for you and your baby. Megan Davidson weaves together birth stories, research, and practical tips so that even the most experienced birth worker will be entertained and educated. Your Birth Plan is not about any one “right” way to birth, but about discovering your own desires and goals by deeply considering all options and learning how to advocate for your needs.

• Preface: My birth storyIntroduction: birth like that Section 1: Where should I give birth? Chapter 1: Choosing your best birth location Chapter 2: Giving birth in a hospitalChapter 3: Giving birth in a birth centerChapter 4: Giving birth at home Section 2: Building your birth team Chapter 5: Working with a doctor Chapter 6: Working with a midwife Chapter 7: Doula support for your birth Section 3: Giving birth Chapter 8: LaboringChapter 9: Common interventions during labor & childbirth Chapter 10: Birth plans & labor coping strategies Section 4: Inductions, VBACs, twins, and Cesarean birthsChapter 11: Induction of labor: when, why, and what you can do to prepare Chapter 12: Having a vaginal birth after a Cesarean birth Chapter 13: Giving birth to twins/multiples Chapter 14: Cesarean birth Conclusion: birthing unapologetically