Labor and Delivery Checklist
Prior to labor, discuss the following issues with your physician or nurse practitioner:
• What do I do if I think I am in labor?
• What pain management options are available?
• When is an episiotomy necessary?
• What are some reasons you might perform a cesarean delivery?
• If you have not done so, take a hospital tour so you are familiar with the place where you will give birth.
• Arrange for help to care for you and the baby after birth, if you can.
• Shop and prepare food for the first weeks when you are home with the baby, and collect take-out menus.
• Review Preparing for Baby checklist.
• Make sure you always have gas in the car.