Your Birth, Your Way:

Explore Your Preferences

Every parent hopes for a positive birth experience—but every birth is unique. Thinking through your preferences ahead of time can help you feel empowered, prepared, and supported, no matter what unfolds during delivery.

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Our Birth Preferences Workbook is Designed to Help You

Clarify your hopes and priorities for labor, delivery, and postpartum
Consider comfort, pain relief, and support strategies
Communicate clearly with your care team and partner
Plan for unexpected scenarios, such as emergency C-section or NICU care

While no one can fully plan or control birth, clarifying your preferences can help your nervous system feel more grounded, reduce stress in the moment, and support informed decision-making.

In our work with birth trauma, we’ve found that a balance of thoughtful preparation and flexibility in the moment—rather than rigid expectations—can reduce distress and help people feel more supported and empowered, even when birth unfolds differently than expected.

Take a few moments to explore your options, document your wishes, and share them with your birth team. If planning for birth feels overwhelming, we invite you to get in touch. We'd love to help you navigate this season.

Download the workbook:

This workbook was created by Megan MacCutcheon, LPC, PMH-C and is used throughout Be Well Wellness — a maternal mental health practice specializing in perinatal support.

Hi, I'm Megan!

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C), passionate about supporting individuals through pregnancy, postpartum, and the many transitions of parenthood. Whether this is your first baby or your fourth, you deserve support navigating this season — the beautiful and the hard.

I specialize in trauma-informed care, EMDR and psychodrama intensives, and perinatal mental health. I'd love to connect!