Findings of this study provide evidence that birth plans may be helpful and
Are not associated with any negative obstetric or neonatal outcomes. Mothers with birth plans and their
Babies have at least as least as good outcomes as those without a birth plan. Babies of nulliparous women with birth plans had better umbilical cord blood ph values than babies of nulliparous women without birth
Plans. Healthcare professionals can promote the use of of birth plans as a resource to enhance to communication of women’s desires for labor and birth.