For Tamara & Bradley Littlejohn

While these are our desires, we are reasonable people and understand that emergencies do occur. Our request is that we are informed as much as possible of what is happening during any emergency situation.

General

Tamara is a vegetarian. Please no chicken, fish, mammals or products containing gelatin.
Tamara requires a low fat diet as she has gallstones and gallbladder attacks. Please no butter, cheese, fried foods, or excess oil. Low/non-fat options should be substituted whenever possible.
Bradley, the father, is an equal parent to this child. His word may be taken as final in Tamara’s presence and absence.

C-Section Delivery

Tamara requests that Bradley, the father, and Peggy Hansen, the grandmother, be allowed to attend the birth.
Bradley declines the opportunity to cut the umbilical cord.
Any remaining vernix is to be left on/rubbed into the baby’s skin rather than cleaned off.
The family requests that the baby be passed to Bradley as soon as possible.

Baby’s Care Following Delivery

Bradley will stay with the baby at all times while Tamara is in recovery.
We request the option of oral vitamin K rather than an injection.
We are making the active and informed decision to decline the application of erythromycin eye ointment.
Guinevere, big sister, should be allowed to join the family as soon as is reasonably possible.
We will not be circumcising our son.

Rooming In

Tamara will nurse the baby. Please no artificial nipples or formula at this point.
The bulk of nursing care should happen during normal waking hours to allow for the family to resume/develop night time sleep patterns from the beginning.

In the Case of an Unexpected Vaginal Delivery

Tamara will advocate for pain medications as she sees fit. Please do not offer.
Food and drink are not to be limited during labor.
Bradley, the father, and Peggy Hansen, grandmother, should be allowed to attend the birth.
Tamara would rather risk a tear than receive an episiotomy. She would rather try warm compresses and massage to the perineum.
Skin to skin contact should be offered immediately following the birth.

Am I forgetting anything?