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Birth plan and emergency card

Decide now, together, where the baby will be born, how you will get there at night, who will give blood and who to call. Then keep it all on one card, with the warning signs, on every phone in the family.

Your plan

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Step 1 of 8

The mother and the due date

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Where the baby will be born
Doctor or midwife
Getting there at night
How you will go

Ask now whether they can come at any hour, and save a second number in case they can’t.

Who goes and who stays
Blood group and donors
Not known yet

Heavy bleeding can need blood quickly, and a donor is hard to find at night. Ask two or three people now, and check they are willing.

Donor 1
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Donor 2
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Donor 3
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Money set aside
Have you set money aside for the birth and an emergency?
Papers to take

Your card

Birth plan and emergency card

Call 999

Go to the hospital

Fill in the steps: your plan appears here as you type.

Danger signs: act now

Call 999 and go to hospital now

  • Heavy bleeding from the vagina, or any bleeding with pain, dizziness or fainting
  • A fit (convulsion)
  • Trouble breathing, chest pain, collapse

Go to hospital now

  • Any other bleeding or spotting
  • Severe headache, blurred vision or flashing lights, or sudden swelling of the face or hands
  • Severe belly pain, or pain that doesn't go away; in early pregnancy, pain on one side, or pain at the tip of the shoulder (call 999 if she faints)
  • Fever of 38 °C or more, or shivering
  • Fluid leaking from the vagina before 37 weeks, or green, brown or bad-smelling fluid at any time
  • The baby moving less than usual, or not at all, from about 24 weeks (don't wait until tomorrow)
  • Regular tightenings or pains, pressure low down, or a backache that comes in waves, before 37 weeks
  • One leg painful, red or swollen (call 999 if she is also short of breath)

See a doctor today

  • Being sick so much she can't keep fluids down for a day, or passing very little urine
  • Itching on the hands and feet in later pregnancy
  • Burning or pain when passing urine

Get help the same day

  • Thoughts of harming herself, or of not wanting to live (call 999 if she is in danger now; otherwise see a doctor the same day)

After the birth: call 999 or go now

  • Bleeding that soaks a pad in an hour or less, or large clots
  • A fit; severe headache with vision changes; sudden swelling of the face or hands
  • Trouble breathing, chest pain

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Save and share

Your card has phone numbers: share it only with family.

Set it as your phone’s lock-screen picture, so the signs and the hospital’s number are one tap away.

Print it for the fridge, or choose “Save as PDF” in the print window.

Made on your phone. Nothing is saved or sent: save the card before you leave the page.

Warning signs on the card

The card carries these signs, so whoever is with her knows when to go. If you notice any of them, act now.

Call 999 and go to hospital now

Call 999
  • Heavy bleeding from the vagina, or any bleeding with pain, dizziness or fainting
  • A fit (convulsion)
  • Trouble breathing, chest pain, collapse

Go to hospital now

  • Any other bleeding or spotting
  • Severe headache, blurred vision or flashing lights, or sudden swelling of the face or hands
  • Severe belly pain, or pain that doesn't go away; in early pregnancy, pain on one side, or pain at the tip of the shouldercall 999 if she faints
  • Fever of 38 °C or more, or shivering
  • Fluid leaking from the vagina before 37 weeks, or green, brown or bad-smelling fluid at any time
  • The baby moving less than usual, or not at all, from about 24 weeksdon't wait until tomorrow
  • Regular tightenings or pains, pressure low down, or a backache that comes in waves, before 37 weeks
  • One leg painful, red or swollencall 999 if she is also short of breath

See a doctor today

  • Being sick so much she can't keep fluids down for a day, or passing very little urine
  • Itching on the hands and feet in later pregnancy
  • Burning or pain when passing urine

Get help the same day

  • Thoughts of harming herself, or of not wanting to livecall 999 if she is in danger now; otherwise see a doctor the same day
  • Someone at home is hurting her or threatening herif she is in danger now, call 999

Why each part matters

Decide before the day

When something goes wrong, families lose time deciding where to go and how. A plan made calmly, weeks before, turns that time into travel.

Transport at night

Labour and emergencies often start at night, when CNGs and drivers are hard to find. Save a driver’s number, or an ambulance number, and ask them now if they can come at any hour.

Two blood donors

Heavy bleeding during or after birth can need blood quickly, and finding a donor at night takes time. Two or three people with a matching blood group who have said yes is one of the most useful things on this card.

Money and papers

Keep some money aside that nobody touches, and keep the NID, the checkup card and the reports in one bag. At the hospital, the doctors will ask for them.

Questions parents ask

When should we make a birth plan?

By about 28 weeks is a good time: early enough to find donors and save numbers, and before the last weeks get busy. Update it if anything changes.

Is my information saved or sent anywhere?

No. The card is made on your phone, in the browser. Nothing is sent to ParentMind or saved on our servers. If you close the page before saving the card, the answers are gone.

Who should have the card?

Everyone who might take her to hospital: her husband, her mother or mother-in-law, the person who stays with her during the day, and the driver if you trust them. It has phone numbers, so share it only with family.

What if we don’t know the blood group?

Ask at your next checkup: it is a simple test, and the report goes in the bag. Until then, ask two or three healthy relatives who are willing to give blood to be on the card.

This card is general information, not medical advice. Your doctor and hospital guide your care; if someone is in danger, call 999.

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