Birth Plan Builder
For Pregnant RW Women Who Want a Respectable Hospital Birth
What’s New in the 2026 Strong & Informed Birth Plan Builder
I recently updated the Strong & Informed Birth Plan Builder for 2026, and I want to briefly explain what changed, who this update is for, and why I chose to include it.
The 2026 edition of the Strong & Informed Birth Plan Builder includes two main changes:
First, the guide is now a fillable PDF. This allows you to type directly into the document, save revisions, and share a clean copy with your care team without needing to rewrite or reformat anything.
Second, I added a new section addressing the 2026 vaccine schedule.
This new section does not tell you what to do. It outlines:
What parents are likely to encounter in hospital and pediatric settings
Why some guidance may differ between providers
How to prepare questions in advance so conversations are clearer and less rushed
This update is designed for:
Pregnant women who want clarity before birth, not during labor
Women who know their medical rights and want them respected
Parents who plan to follow standard care but still want to understand it
Parents who know they want to ask questions but are unsure how to frame them
Anyone who prefers written plans over on-the-spot decision-making
It is especially helpful for first-time parents, parents switching providers, or parents delivering in hospital systems where policies and protocols move quickly.
Having this information in your birth plan means:
Fewer surprises during postpartum care
Clearer conversations with providers
Less pressure to decide in the moment
Better documentation of your preferences
When expectations are written down and questions are prepared ahead of time, interactions tend to be calmer, more efficient, and more respectful for everyone involved.
I credit my comprehensive (and laminated) birth plan as to why my second hospital labor was such a wonderful experience. I truly believe it enabled me to have the unmedicated labor of my dreams in a hospital setting, which you can read about HERE.
Why I Updated the Vaccine Section
Guidelines and recommendations evolve. That is normal. What often does not evolve at the same pace is how clearly those changes are communicated to patients, especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
The Western Ethnomedical Model is finally updating its stance on childhood vaccines, but not without hiccups. Right now, the AAP is at odds with the CDC and is going by a different vaccine schedule.
Keep in mind, the AAP is behind significant pro-circumcision propaganda. For context, circumcisions are not medically indicated for the overwhelming majority of male babies—it has simply become a cultural norm after successful mass indoctrination of Americans1. I bring this up to illustrate how some medical institutions have a history of harming the public, whether intentional or unintentional, regardless of what honest science has to say on whether an intervention is objectively harmful.
And that’s not even to get into how the AAP once did not think newborns could experience pain and therefore recommended surgeries on neonates with minimal or no analgesia or sedation. Perhaps this was due to a lack of data, I’m unsure. I like to think even in the 1950s a common-sense person would understand a newborn could experience pain because they are highly likely to cry when pinched, but I digress. They updated their stance on newborn pain perception in the 1980s and 1990s as data came to prove them wrong.
The CDC appears to have modified its recommended vaccine schedule in 2026.
My point is, I trust the AAP less than the CDC, and the CDC has only recently regained a smidge of my trust since COVID. The Birth Plan Builder has a portion on this vaccine update for soon-to-be moms (and dads).
If you would like a copy of the Strong and Informed Birth Plan Builder, you can get one HERE.
It is a fraction of the cost of a doula, and I think it is a helpful tool to bridge the gap between RW Autonomous Pregnant Women and Medical Institutions.
Paid subscribers can redeem copies for free. Details on this are behind the paywall of this blurb.
