Creating Your Hospital Plan [Planning Your Hospital Stay]

Your delivery date is a big day full of a lot of emotions. You can’t plan for what feelings you may experience, but you can plan your hospital stay.

You will be able to create an adoption hospital plan or adoption birth plan that details the arrangements for what you’d like your delivery day and hospital stay to look like. Your adoption specialist will work with you to make sure all your bases are covered. You get to make all your own decisions when creating your adoption birth plan in Missouri, and you can start making this plan at any time.

Your adoption hospital plan helps your adoption specialist, adoptive parents and the hospital staff prepare for your big day. Even though you’ll be in control of your newborn adoption birth plan, your adoption specialist will set everything in motion on your behalf. This allows you to focus on the birth of your baby.

To get more information about your hospital adoption plan, you can contact us today.

What is an Adoption Hospital Plan? 

Your hospital adoption plan is a template for what you would like your delivery day to look like. Being able to make these arrangements in advance will allow you to focus on the labor and delivery of your baby. You will be able to shape factors of your hospital experience such as:

• Who you want in the delivery room

• Which hospital you will be delivering your baby at

• Whether or not you want the adoptive family in the delivery room with you

• Who will hold your baby first

• How much time, if any, you would like to spend with your baby

• And more

Kaitlin, a birth mother who chose American Adoptions, had her baby’s adoptive parents in the delivery room at the time of her daughter’s birth.

“I remembered filling out my hospital plan when everything was about me, me, and me — but then all that happened, and I felt like it wasn’t about me anymore,” she said. “I couldn’t wait to see them hold her for the first time. It just overall confirmed that my daughter was in the arms of the parents that God had led me to like I had asked.”

It’s important to create an adoption hospital plan in Missouri that you are completely comfortable with. You are the one that will be giving birth and undergoing a hospital stay. You deserve to feel comfortable. You will always be in control of your hospital plan because only you know what’s best for you. Your adoption specialist will be available 24/7 to answer questions and provide you with constant support.

There is a lot to consider, so most women will begin thinking about their birth plan for adoption early on in the adoption process. However, you likely won’t finalize your adoption hospital plan until closer to the delivery. To get more information on creating an adoption hospital plan in Missouri and addressing the many decisions involved, contact us online today.

You Can Change Your Adoption Birth Plan

Adoption isn’t black and white. There is a good chance you might change your mind about something in your hospital birth plan, and that’s okay. You can always change your mind at any point in your pregnancy, even after you have arrived at the hospital. Childbirth is an emotional time, and it’s perfectly natural that your preferences might change.

Maybe you’ll decide that you want the adoptive family to be more involved in the delivery as you get to know them. Or maybe you’ll change your mind about how much time you’d like to spend with your baby once they’ve been born. No matter what it is, you are well within your rights to change your mind. You know what’s best for you, and you deserve the care you’ll be most comfortable with.

Whatever it is you’re changing your mind about, make sure to communicate those changes to your adoption specialist. The sooner they know, the sooner they can make these changes for you and share your updated birthing plan with the adoptive parents. Even if there’s a part of your adoption hospital plan that you’re on the fence about, you can still talk to your adoption specialist. They will work with you to help you weigh your options and the pros and cons of each.

The Importance of a Newborn Adoption Birth Plan

Childbirth is emotionally and physically exhausting. We want to make sure that you feel as comfortable and at ease as possible. That’s where your hospital adoption plan in Missouri comes into play. Your hospital plan will lay out all your expectations and preferences for your hospital experience so that you can focus on the birth of your child.

When you make a birth plan with an adoption agency like American Adoptions, your specialist can also help you prepare for the emotions you can expect at the hospital. This will be one of the most physically and emotionally challenging parts of your adoption experience, and by discussing those feelings when you make your adoption birthing plan, you can feel more confident and in control of your delivery experience. 

“She was there for me when I didn’t have anybody, and she always knew just what to say,” Lindsey remembered of her adoption specialist. “I did have a lot of concerns and fears, and she knew how to talk me through them. She’s someone that’s — even now, three months after I’ve had my baby — probably going to check in on me from time to time. She was just amazing, and I’m so glad that she’s in my life.”

You should always feel comfortable communicating your needs and wants when it comes to your adoption experience, especially during your hospital stay. Many of our adoption specialists have been in your shoes as an expectant mother and understand what you’re going through. Your adoption specialist will be by your side every step of the way.

Michelle, a birth parent specialist and a birth parent herself, is ready to answer any questions you have about the adoption birth plan and putting a baby up for adoption.          

Next Steps

To get more support or information on making your adoption hospital plan in Missouri, you can get in touch with any of our adoption specialists online today.

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