Birth Plan for 20-30 Week Gestational Baby

This includes the following birth methods: artificial induction (medication) and natural delivery.   (D&C – D&E are covered in the early pregnancy hospital birth plan)

Printable Birth Plan Document:

20-30 Weeks Birth Plan  (click to view, edit and print)

Things to Know:

• Because this plan covers different medically assisted birth methods, specifics to particular birth methods will be noted.
• This plan is appropriate for pregnancies about 20 weeks to about 30 weeks.
• Learn more birth education, and what to expect during labor, here.
• Please visit our link on general postpartum health (your emotional and physical health after delivery).

Helpful Tips:

• Check out our listing of local professionals and volunteers willing to support you through the process
• Learn about the special way to give a stillborn baby a bath.
• consider hand or feet molds of your baby
• consider inkless prints: fingerprints/handprints/footprints of your baby
• Your body may produce breastmilk after the birth of your baby.  Please learn about post loss lactation.  This link discusses breastmilk donation in particular.
• If your state doesn’t offer a birth certificate for stillbirth, consider printing off our unofficial birth certificate (found at the Farewell Celebrations link).
• Consider special farewell words or music.
• Also include a personalized farewell celebration.
• Ask for your ultrasound photos, or visit a local Crisis Pregnancy Center that performs ultrasounds, and ask if you can have one last photo of your baby.
• If your baby still has a heartbeat, consider using your cell phone or other recordable device, and record the doppler’s sounds of your baby’s heartbeat.  You can then add this to a Build-A-Bear as a momento.   Alternatively, you can purchase a beautiful Angel Heartbeat Bear, which has everything included.
• Sufficient Grace Ministries offers very small infant outfits (under the shop category)
• More momento and special ideas are listed in the birth plan.

How far along are you?  Click to see the last developments of your baby:

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• 30 weeks