Waching daily Jun 6 2018

Hi! I'm Jason Hallacher and welcome to the third and final episode of the

Fish Hatchery series, documenting how we raise trout in Virginia.

Now, if you watch the first and second episode, you saw how we hatch the trout, fed them, cared for them

cleaned up after them. All the work. Today we're gonna go over the best part

stocking them for you. So let's head on down to the hatchery building and load up the trucks.

Once the trucks are filled, we pull up to the ponds to net up the fish.

Typically we shoot for 80% of the load to contain 10 to 12 inch fish.

With the remaining 20% made up of trophy sized fish. This can vary slightly

depending on time of year, water levels and other variables. Each net is weighed

before it is dumped into the tank. So we can calculate an accurate estimate

of how many fish are headed to the lake or stream.

Once we have the trucks loaded with fish, we check them to make sure they are looking ok.

And we run agitators to lead off the CO2 off the trucks. That makes sure there's no buildup

on our way to where we're stocking. Each of the trucks has oxygenation

capabilities on them. Most of our trucks here Coursey Springs run a liquid

oxygen. Which really allows us to make sure the fish stay healthy on their way

to the creeks. Usually the driver will stop at least once it depends on

the distance to the creek and to check the health of the fish and just make

sure they're ready to go once we get to this stream to stock. What we want to do

is stock the healthiest fish that we can. We won't feed fish for at least two days

prior to stocking. To make sure there is no feed in the system. They don't haul

well if we feed them they'll poop in the tanks and then the fish get sick.

Most any of the fish we stock out of here aren't fed anywhere

From two to four days prior to being stocked.

Before the Trout even hit the water. Fish stocking starts right here in the office.

A tremendous amount of planning and coordination goes into stocking the

waters of the Commonwealth. We stock 200-plus lakes and streams over 2,000

times between October and June throughout the state. We have to make

sure that the fish are meeting our standards, the stream or lake conditions are right,

enough manpower is present and traffic control is available from our Conservation Police Officers.

There are a lot of balls in the air.

Once we get to the water, we do our best to spread the fish out where it is safe access to the stream.

It's important to remember that we can only carry fish around 50 yards

before they start to suffer. The reason we throw the trout in is to jolt them

awake and get them swimming we want the trout to spread out and find hiding

places as soon as possible. and don't worry if we can't make it to

the water the day of stocking. Recent surveys have shown that anglers

experience a slightly higher catch rate the day after stocking compared to the

day of. It's stressful for trout to adjust at a new home

sometimes it takes a day or so before they finally turn on and bite.

For me fishing for stocked trout forged a lifetime passion for conservation,

protecting water quality, and connecting people with the outdoors. Now is the

perfect time to take someone trout fishing. Remember to pick up your trout

license and your freshwater fishing license before you go. Because those

licenses fund these programs. Thanks for watching and remember to go outdoors Virginia!

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3 Things Amazon Gurus DON'T Tell You About Selling on Amazon FBA... - Duration: 12:43.

Hey, guys.

In this video we're going to talk about the three things that Amazon gurus tend to gloss

over when they're talking about starting a private label business.

See, I think we all know what they love to talk about.

Yep.

Because you know it's a lot more fun talking about buying Lamborghinis rather than talking

about things like, "Hey guys, you remember when I told you that I made over $10,000 when

I launched my first product?

Well, I just calculated my profit, and it turns out that I actually lost several thousand

dollars."

Or, "Hey, guys, I just been to the bank and discovered that I have no money to pay my

taxes."

But these things, they may sound scary, and I'll tell you this now.

I might poke fun at people who flicks about buying Lamborghinis, but the truth is, unless

you are a trust fund baby, you do not get these fancy, expensive cars unless you are

willing to embrace challenges and find ways to overcome them.

In my opinion, if you are willing to do that, then you more than deserve your Lamborghini,

and actually, if you know about these potential pitfalls in advance, then you can prepare

for them now so that you don't fall for them in the future.

So let's do that.

Let's get this video started.

One, those income screenshots, that is revenue, not profit.

Something that is very important to keep in mind is that when someone shares an income

screenshot of how much money that they've made, that is the total amount of money that

they have made in sales.

So when someone posts a screenshot saying that they made $10,000 on Amazon last month,

that doesn't take into account the expenses they pay to make those sales, like the cost

of purchasing inventory, the cost of shipping, Amazon FBA fees, or marketing fees.

Now, usually if someone is making a constant monthly revenue from their FBA business, then

that does mean that it is most likely profitable.

Sometimes people make more, sometimes people make less, but a good yardstick to aim for

when creating an Amazon FBA product is to, in the long term, to be making a 30% profit

margin.

Now this isn't a strict rule.

Some sellers prefer to sell items that have smaller profit margins, but do large amounts

of volume, and they make up for the smaller profit margins by the sheer amount of items

that they sell.

So your sales do usually indicate profit, but there is one big exception to this, and

this is the very first month that you launch a product.

In fact, if you launch a product right, there is a really good chance that you are going

to lose money.

Why?

Well, it's because of the money that you will spend during the advertising and marketing

phase of your launch.

As I explained in my video How to Launch Your First Amazon FBA Product, when you launch

a product on Amazon, your goal is to try to increase your sales velocity ASAP.

So let's say that you wanted to sell your own insulated flask on Amazon, and you wanted

to make free, organic sales from people that found it using the Amazon search engine.

Well, what you need to do is manipulate the Amazon algorithm so that when someone searches

for an insulated flask on Amazon using the search bar, your listing is in the top of

the search results.

Now there are several different reasons why the Amazon search algorithm has chosen these

particular flasks to sit at the top of the search results, but the number one factor

is their sales velocity.

In other words, Amazon favors items that are selling more than others, and it makes sense

that they would, because the more items Amazon sells, the more money that they make, and

so what smart sellers do, is they employ a strategy that my friend Anthony over in Seller

Tradecraft calls his "balls to the walls" strategy.

It's when you go to Amazon and use a tool like Jungle Scout to see roughly how many

sales a month your top competitors are making.

You then do everything in your power to either match the sales that they are making, or even

better, beat them for at least two weeks.

If you do that, then what Amazon does is it looks at your flask and it goes, "Oh hey.

This flask is selling better than all of the other ones on there.

Let's start promoting this one instead, because it's making us the most money."

So how can you get lots of sales over this two week period?

Well, there are several different strategies.

You could offer discount coupons, you could run paid ads, and you could massively discount

your product to help encourage sales.

But all of these strategies cost money.

Lots and lots of money.

That 30% profit margin comes from someone purchasing your item after finding it using

the search bar, not from someone finding it from a paid advertisement.

So the moral of the story here is that if someone excitedly tells you that they made

$10,000 in their first month launching their product, keep in mind that there is a very

high chance that they did not bank any of that as profit.

And when you launch a product, if you plan to run a big marketing campaign to push your

item to the top of the Amazon search results, then make sure you have some money in reserve

to pay for all of the costs involved.

But it's worth it.

If you are willing to put in the upfront investment, then you can set yourself up to be making

free, passive, organic sales into the future.

Two, to make a lot of money, you need a lot of money.

All right.

So here is the cold, harsh truth.

If you are looking to launch a product that is going to make $10,000 in total sales each

month, then you're probably going to be looking at needing at least $9,000 for start up costs.

Yep.

To see why, we just need to do the maths.

Let's say that we're selling this $20 bento lunch box here.

We can work out roughly how much you would need to launch this product.

Checking with Jungle Scout as you can see, it's selling around 500 units each month for

about $10,000 in revenue.

So let's go with a 30% profit margin for the seller.

Again, we don't know the true profit margin.

It could be more.

It could be less.

But let's go with the average profit margin of 30%.

If we allow for that, then that means that we are looking at about $7,000 a month in

expenses, but importantly, not all those expenses are upfront.

You see, a significant chunk of your money as a private label seller is going to go towards

Amazon FBA fees, and this gets taken out of the money that the customer pays you.

Taking a look at this bento lunch box, we can see that the Amazon FBA fees for this

items are around $7 per unit, and doing the maths, $7 times 500 units is $3,500.

So if we take our $7,000 in expenses, and minus from that our Amazon FBA fees of $3,500

a month, that means that we can assume that the seller is paying roughly $3,500 for the

shipping and the cost of the units, which works out to be, roughly, around $7 a unit,

and these costs are upfront, obviously.

You need the start up money to purchase your inventory, and then actually ship it into

Amazon.

But that's not all.

Because it takes time to manufacture inventory, and to restock, you're going to want to purchase

at least two and a half months worth of inventory in advance.

This is especially important if you plan on running a big launch with the goal of selling

as many units as you can so that you can rise to the top of the Amazon search results.

So, $3,500 times two and a half months is $8,750 in inventory and shipping costs alone.

Plus, you are going to need to have extra money for things like tools, package design,

product samples, and product photography.

So, all in all, to launch a product that will get you a cool looking income screenshot of

$10,000, you're going to need over $9,000 in start up money to launch that product.

Now for some of you, that may not be much money.

But for some of you, that may be a lot of money that you don't have.

If that is you, here is my tip.

You don't need $9,000 to get started on Amazon.

You can get started with much smaller amounts, but you need to be realistic about the types

of products that you pick.

Don't pick a product like the bento lunch box that is selling 500 plus units a month.

If you've got a start up budget of say $2,500, then look for products that are selling roughly

around a hundred units a month.

And a big plus for choosing products like this is that oftentimes they have less competition,

because Amazon FBA sellers prefer to go after items that have bigger monthly sales volume,

so it's going to be a lot easier to dominate the Amazon search results.

Three, it's very easy to go into debt.

And finally, this is one of the most common traps that I see high level FBA sellers fall

into.

The crazy thing is that for many of them, if they just slowed down and they managed

their money better, they could've avoided this.

I have a friend.

He has a very successful Amazon FBA business doing over a hundred thousand dollars a month

in sales, which means he's making tens of thousands of dollars every month in profit.

Early last year, he dropped a bombshell on me.

He told me that he was thinking of cleaning up shop, and then selling the business, and

getting out of it.

I was shocked and I said to him, "Wait, why would you sell it?"

That's when he shared with me his cash flow issues.

I was like, "Oh.

It's happened to you."

See, here is what he had done.

Christmas time was rolling around and he was like, "Oh, sales are going to increase.

I need to massively up my inventory."

But he also wanted to take advantage of this time period to launch some more products,

but his business didn't have enough cash to purchase both.

So what did he do?

He used up all of his business's cash, and he maxed out his debt to be able to purchase

both.

Now using debt to make money in business is a perfectly fine thing to do, because of the

fact that you make money from the money that you borrow.

So what's the problem here?

Well, that's what he thought until his personal bills started to come on in.

He had car repayments, mortgage repayments, text payments, student loan repayments.

He had thousands of dollars in bills.

But he had maxed out all of the money in his business, and he'd maxed out all of his access

to debt, and so even though he had a successful business, he hadn't managed his cash flow,

and so he ended up getting into a really bad spot because he had no money to pull from

his business, and he had no access to debt to pay for his bills.

This is a cash flow problem, and it's a very common reason why profitable businesses fail,

because even though they will get the money to pay for the expenses tomorrow, they need

to pay for them now.

Tomorrow isn't good enough.

Now luckily this story has a happy ending.

He didn't sell the business.

Instead what he did was he ended up getting a book called Profit First, and used the advice

in it to fix his cash flow woes.

Now instead of spending all of the money and debt that he has access to to massively grow

and scale his business, every month he makes sure to take out a salary for himself, and

then he uses the money that's left over to grow and scale the business.

Talking to this friend reminded me, actually, of another friend that I've talked about on

this channel before, and at the time, he was a new private labeler.

He had spent all of his money on inventory and shipping, and he had not set aside the

correct amount of money to pay for import duties.

So, when the bill arrived, he had no way to pay for it, and he almost lost all of his

inventory and the money that he had invested in it.

Now, luckily he was able to scramble for loans from friends and family, but it was a really

close call.

So both of my friends, despite being in very different places with their Amazon FBA businesses,

learned the folly of over extending.

So don't make this mistake for yourself.

Make sure that you have money set aside to pay for unexpected bills.

Thanks for watching.

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Check In At The Airport - The 7 Questions YOU MUST KNOW - Duration: 8:17.

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Yavuz&Bahar┃can you hold me? - Duration: 2:31.

Thank you for being here.

I'll never leave you.

Yavuz won't ever leave me.

I can't lose you.

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The Crew 2: Post Launch Content & Season Pass | Trailer | Ubisoft [NA] - Duration: 2:49.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hi.

June 29th, "The Crew 2" will release on all platforms.

But for our players, this is just the beginning.

"The Crew 2" is here for the long run,

with many exciting updates.

Today, I'm really happy to unveil the content that

will be released post-launch for all our players,

including free updates and also the season pass.

First, we want to deliver new content from day one.

We want all our players to enjoy the full game's experience.

That means no paywall, no community split.

Each month, two new vehicles will

be added to existing lineup.

Now, let's talk about our Season Pass, our VIP experience.

Season Pass owners will be able to get

these monthly new vehicles with seven days' early access.

At day one, they will get three exclusive vehicles

to get the best possible head start.

With the Gold Edition, you get the season pass and three days'

early access to the full game.

Let's talk about our major free updates available for all

and designed to renew the experience.

We want to constantly surprise our players,

changing the way they play the game.

Each three months, a new live update

will bring new activities, features, and disciplines.

Get ready for September 2018 and our first live update,

"Gator Rush," a tropical cocktail of bounty fun.

Master a brand new discipline, the hovercraft,

in the heart of the southern swamps.

Get your hands on five new vehicles,

and test your skills in a wacky new event..

This first live update will also include a new rarity level

for vehicles part.

To recap, each month, two new premium vehicles drop.

Season Pass owners get those directly in their collection

seven days before everyone else.

Then, each three months, one live update

with one new discipline and one game feature,

such as the new PVP mode in December.

Our strong and active community is

one of the pillars of the "Crew 2" development.

That's why we will organize the recurrent test phases

and give opportunity to players to share their feedback on all

this new content before its release.

I'm thrilled that we are about to launch "The Crew 2,"

and really happy we are offering all this extra content

post-launch.

It is only year one, and we intend

to keep challenging the way players are enjoying the game.

There's a lot more to invade, so stay tuned.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

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How Would You Feel - Ed Sheeran | Karaoke Lower Key - Duration: 4:59.

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL (KARAOKE VERSION)

A SONG MADE FAMOUS BY ED SHEERAN

READY TO SING-ALONG?

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✅ 'You can't ensure anything' - NSW not getting carried away after Origin victory - Duration: 4:00.

"Learn from the past, but don't dwell on it." It's the simple mantra NSW will take into State of Origin II at ANZ Stadium on June 24, as they go in search of just their second series win in 13 years

The Blues' new era kick-started like a dream last night. None of the rookies cracked under pressure while the more experienced players stood up when it mattered most in the 22-12 win

But false dawns have occurred before. NSW led both the 2013 and 2017 series with a game to play at home and still lost them both

"You can't ensure anything," captain Boyd Cordner said. "There are two games to go

Although it's very pleasing to win this game there are some lessons to take out of last year

"There's going to be a bit more hunger, playing at home and knowing we're one win away

But everyone knows how hard Origin is. If you're off by five per cent you'll get beat

" There is, however, a difference with this Blues side and ones of years gone by

They don't carry the same mental scars. Eleven of them entered Wednesday's match as rookies never beaten by Queensland and their record - albeit one game in - still remains

And it showed in everything they did at the MCG in front of more than 87,000 fans

The Blues looked the better side for the majority but trailed 12-8 early in the second half, setting up a comeback scenario that Queensland savour -like most recently in Game II last year in Sydney

"We don't want to speak about last year too much," fullback James Tedesco told AAP

"We came into this game not thinking about the past, we just knew it was a new era and guys coming in

That brought out the best of everyone. "In that last 5-10 you think Queensland will come back and it will be a last- minute win

But these guys didn't have that mentality." Tedesco was easily the Blues' best, scoring NSW's first and breaking the line another time to set up a match-sealing Josh Addo-Carr try

James Maloney was also resilient, bouncing back from an intercept pass that gifted Valentine Holmes' Queensland's first points to have a hand in each of the Blues tries

Fellow hardened players Boyd Cordner and David Klemmer were among the Blues' best forwards, while rookies Tom Trbojevic, Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr each bagged tries in a back line that busted through a combined 34 tackles and missed just five

"They were fantastic," Fittler said. "They're the future of our game and they nailed their first big opportunity

Very excited for them."

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'Cash for Calories' app motivates you with money - Duration: 3:38.

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Hanging Basket Solutions - Bauman's Farm and Garden - Duration: 3:08.

Hey everybody! I'm Brian Bauman from Bauman's Farm and Garden. The Sun is out,

it's summertime and our hanging baskets are looking good. But every once in a

while some things can go wrong. I'm going to talk about several

different problems and how to solve them. Now you may have some of these you may

have none of these but I'm gonna kind of work our way through it and help you as

we go. This basket is out front of our blue house in our parking lot. This is

actually where I grew up and I noticed something wasn't quite right with this

hanging basket. Upon closer look you'll see some of that powdery stuff

right on the top of the leaves that's actually mildew. And it's not because

you're a good gardener or a bad gardener that this happens, just the sunny days

and high humidity can cause mildew. So an easy way to take care of that is to use

this Neem Oil. It's an all-natural product. Essentially what it does is just

kind of coat the fungus and gets rid of it. It takes several applications and you got

to make sure you hit the bad spots with it. So make sure you get up underneath

and all around with the Neem Oil. I've checked this basket and I haven't seen

any signs of insects yet but it can be a problem.

So before they come we're gonna take some applications. This is actually a rose

care product but it has a systemic insecticide in it. And what this means is

we're gonna take some of these granules and sprinkle them right on the top of our

hanging basket. As we water it, it's going to soak some of that product up

into the leaves and kind of help us as a preventative measure to make sure it

doesn't happen. But what happens when you do find maybe aphids or cutworms on your

hanging basket. There's a couple different products you can use and

depending on how many you have, kind of will tell you on which product you want

to start with. The first one is Captain Jack's. This is an all-natural product. In

fact it's just some bacteria that they once found in a rum distillery. You spray

this product directly onto the flowers and the foliage and when those nasty

little worms or aphids bite into that they're done for the season. So what do

you do if there are lots of cut worms or lots of aphids that have come on your

hanging basket? A product that we really like is called Eight. And kind of a tip

or trick to remember when you're picking out the right product. This particular

one hooks onto your hose. This is what they call ready to spray or

RTS. The Captain Jack's that we were on before was an RTU or just a

ready-to-use. But in this case if we've got lots of them on there, I like to pick

up the ready to spray. You just hook this onto the end of the hose, spray down your

whole hanging basket and on contact it takes care of everything. For one

last tip, if your hanging basket starts to stretch and start looking for the

sunlight maybe, it's always easier to go in and trim off some of that old growth.

So then it can flush new growth. It's always easier for it to grow new ones than to

repair the old ones. For more information go to www.baumanfarms.com.

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To-Do List Benefits: How To Plan Your Day With Planner Hacks Like Bullet Journal & To-Do Lists - Duration: 6:32.

Hello your brain is a maze

It's got lots to think about. You've got

Home to run, you've got work, you've got friends, you've got colleagues, you've got deadlines, you've got meetings, you've got fitness, you've got food

and you've got to relax. It's an endless list of tasks to do

the result you suffer from overwhelm and

The net effect is you get stressed out, so how do you reduce the stress

Resulting from overwhelm? I've got one technique to share with you and it's coming up after the channel intro, so stay tuned

if you want 20 20 ideas to better health you've come to the right channel hosted by the warm and lovely Dr Joe

Now for today's topic please welcome on stage Dr Joe

Hello welcome back, I'm Dr Joe of TheDrJoe.com Right, so with so much to do

How can you deal with the stress resulting from overwhelm? Well, one technique is to have a to-do list

It might look too simple but it works a treat

So what are benefits of having a to-do list? Well, for a start, a to-do list is a fantastic memory recall tool

The point being

Once you have a to-do list you don't have to remember the things that you need to do especially when you have a laundry list

Of things to do and it ensures you don't miss out on anything

The next benefit is that a to-do list actually gives a structure to your day

it creates order and it enables you to break your tasks into smaller chunks

Into bite-sized chunks. That way when you look at the list of tasks they will appear do-able to you

and that brings me on to the next benefit which is the fact that a to-do list will actually help you to prioritize your tasks

and you can do this according to timelines and in order of importance and

When you have all your tasks prioritized

that actually brings all the tasks into focus. The next benefit of having a to-do list is that it makes you accountable

it makes you accountable. The mere fact of writing something down

actually means you have to get it done because at the end of the day you have to either give it a tick or

cross it off the list. The next

advantage of having a to-do list is that a to-do list will actually help you organize your time and you will know if a task

finishes early or if a task finishes late

and if a task is running late then you've got two choices. One is you either delegated tasks to someone else or

you re-schedule the task

To a more convenient and realistic time

On the whole what does a to-do lists help you with? Well, a to do lists will actually help you improve productivity and

indeed if you get into the habit of using a to-do list on a regular basis, you will increase productivity by at least four

folds or and that is not a bad thing

The net effect is that well you reduce stress

resulting from overwhelm. You've got this laundry list of things to do but as you tick them off, cross them off your list and

you have a look at your list at the end of the day, you'll feel really good about yourself. You can see your

productivity there. You get that immediate feedback

you know fed to you and

that can only help you to feel good by yourself for the day and also sets you up for

you know doing things better the following day and of course

overall productivity goes up and that is not necessarily a bad thing

Well something to remember though, when you use it to do lists on a regular basis is that you need to be flexible

There is no point being too rigid in yourself on your to-do list because if you do that then it becomes counterproductive

Another thing to remember is that the objective of having a to-do list is to reduce stress

stress reduction is the objective

Okay, so don't be too rigid, be flexible remember to be flexible

Now do I practice what I preach? Well, of course I do

as far as this morning is concerned, what have I done? Well, I woke up, made my bed, 'Tick', I

did dishes, 'Tick', I hoovered the house, 'Tick', I

mowed the lawn, 'Tick', I did my 20-minute workout, 'Tick', I'll

Record this video. Well I'm in the process of recording this video now. So, by the time I finish, I'm gonna give it a 'Tick' and

Left to do are things like, I'm gonna have to edit this video, I'm gonna have to upload it and I'm gonna have to transcribe it

So by the time you see this video live on youtube then of course have

crossed off all of those tasks off the list as well okay so

that's how you use a to-do lists, to actually run your day.

I use it and I encourage you to do so because it does reduce stress in your life all right the stress resulting from overwhelm

Right, so talking about to-do list, how do you get involved with to-do list? Well,

you can do it the old reliable way using pen and paper. It still works. You just write things down and tick them off or

cross them off as the day goes on

So Pen & Paper, that's one technique. The other one is using notepad. Notepad application on your computer I use that

But here's the thing. More recently apps have been developed and guess what?

Google has actually developed a new task manager all right. It's called the google task manager

I've done a demonstration for you if you follow the

"i" icon there

it'll take you to the video. Just click on it and you can watch this video see

See me give a demonstration on how to use it

Well, that's it for this video and

if you liked this video I hope you enjoyed it if you liked it you liked it click on the like button

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MY VISUAL BIRTH PLAN | Why You Should Make a Birth Plan Too - Duration: 22:38.

Really I'm just hoping for things to go more smoothly this time whether it's a VBAC or a cesarean I just hope it goes more smoothly

Hey guys, it's Angel and welcome back to my channel

Today, I'm gonna talk to you about my birth plan or as I like to call them, birth preferences

so the reason why I like to call it birth preferences rather than a birth plan is because birth by nature is very

Unpredictable and it's really important to keep that in mind

Chances are that it will probably not go exactly the way that you want

Now, of course it would be so wonderful

if birth could be just like a menu and you

Can pick and choose every single detail that you would like and it would happen that way for you

But the reality is it just doesn't go that way

Even if you're at a very supportive hospital

Have a very supportive provider and you've had a very normal healthy pregnancy just sometimes things happen unexpectedly

And you might have to revert to a plan B or C or D (laughs)

That said, I know sometimes people get a lot of flack for having a birth plan

I still think that there's a lot of value in creating one if for no other reason

than it empowers you to research what your available options are for certain phases of the labor and delivery process

what the risks and benefits of those choices are

It helps you to get on the same page with your provider and with your nurses that are there so that they can help

Try to make your birth experience happen as close to what you would prefer as possible given the circumstances

I also feel that creating a birth plan is gonna help you to feel confident and prepared going into your birth

It's really important to have a positive mindset about it and to feel

Confident and supported and safe going into it having those feelings are gonna help that oxytocin to do its job

for your labor to progress

So if you feel like you're prepared you feel like you've got a good idea of what you want and people around you

Not only the medical staff

but also any support people like your partner, your mom, your doula...

If everyone's all on the same page, and have a general idea of what you want

They can help support you through that process and enable you to have a positive birth experience

Even if it doesn't go according to plan, even if it ends up being a last resort scenario

It could still be a positive experience overall

If you feel that you're supported and respected and they have an idea of what things you'd like to avoid

That they could avoid if at all possible

So with that said, I'm going to show you what I decided on this time around. This is my third baby

My first baby is six years old

I was induced a couple of days before my due date because I had gestational hypertension

and long story short

I'm not gonna go into that because it gets pretty traumatic and awful, but

it ended up in an emergency c-section

And when I say emergency c-section, I mean like STAT c-section

then two and a half years later,

I had my daughter

and I went into spontaneous labor

a few days after my due date and I ended up having my VBAC birth. That was my goal

It was a very very long very very hard labor and most everything that I wanted out of that birth did happen

Especially the most important things to me like having immediate skin-to-skin so I have very very positive and happy feelings

in regards to her birth, even though it was very difficult

and not exactly how I would have dreamed or imagined it to be

my daughter is almost 4 now

And I'm having my third and final baby

and my goal is to have another VBAC

Now, the good thing is, that since I've had one already my odds are really in my favor that I will be successful again

I think it's like 92% success or something like that

and the risks are also lower than they were for me last time

so that's good as well this time I decided to do a

visual birth plan because I think that it will make it a lot easier for

The nurses and everyone to look it over quickly and get the gist of what I'm looking for

It's also color coded. So the things that I am wanting

or ok with are green

Things I'm wanting to avoid are red, so it also makes it easier for them to

Quickly get an understanding of what I'm hoping to accomplish

At the top, I have my name and my husband's name

My Doula's name, and my birth photographer's name.

I also have that it's a baby boy

I don't have his name now because we haven't chosen one

and I think the most important thing is I have like a little disclaimer

So they're aware that I'm aware that

This may not all get to happen and that I am flexible

So it says, "we recognize due to the nature of birth, some of these may not be possible...

Please communicate with us as things change."

I've separated all of my choices into

Relevant sections to also make it even easier for them.

On the upper left,

I have pertinent history and that's just giving them an overview of my medical history. That would be relevant

So the fact that I have had a VBAC, have gestational diabetes, have gestational hypertension,

That I'm allergic to latex and certain antibiotics, things of that nature. If you were GBS positive...

You know, those kinds of things they should know. Those things are theoretically in your chart

But I just feel good about having it here on my birth plan as well. Just so it's handy for them

Now below tha,t I have the section for labor. So some of these things I'm pretty sure are standard at this hospital

Anyway, I did do a labor and delivery tour a few months back

The first thing is telemetry monitoring and I'm pretty sure that they mentioned that all of the rooms have that

I know with a VBAC, a lot of times doctors are more comfortable with continuous monitoring

Especially if you're being induced, which I probably will be

And so I know that intermittent monitoring is just not gonna really be a good idea for our particular case

and actually I'm more comfortable with the continuous monitoring myself because of what happened with my oldest son

I would just be more comfortable knowing that baby is okay at all times

next I have free movement. So again, I do want to be able to move around the room

I have that I want the lights dim

I also have in red- things like pain meds only on request

I know what my available options are if I want it

I will ask for it and

I am the type that I will not ask for it unless I really mean it and I really want it

So I also have that I don't want to do the discomfort scale

I don't want the on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is the pain?

I don't want to be thinking about pain and how much it hurts

I don't want to quantify that. I want to stay positive,

and calm and relaxed and that just is kind of counterproductive to that

I also want to limit cervical exams. Last time I had so many of them

Every time they check you, you're increasing your risk that you're gonna get an infection,

especially if your water is already broken

Also, they're not very physically comfortable

and also they don't tell you a whole lot

Just like cervical checks before you go into labor. It's not a crystal ball

It's not gonna give them an idea of exactly how much longer it's gonna be

you don't necessarily dilate at a very steady rate you can go through spurts and things like that

It just doesn't tell you a whole lot, except where your cervix is right then and there

And last time I spent a really, really long time

at 3 centimeters and every time she checked me and I was still 3 centimeters,

It was so. discouraging.

and I'm sure it just made it take even longer. So this time around I've learned from that

I would rather not know as much and just let things go as they're going because if it's time for a baby to come out

It's pretty obvious

In which case? Yeah, they can check me real quick and double-check that I'm fully dilated

I also put down and I am doing the hypnobabies

So I am going to be listening to tracks throughout the process to try to stay in that calm, relaxed state

I also put to remind me to empty my bladder on a regular basis

I totally didn't do that last time and when you have a full bladder it can stall labor. It makes it more painful

So I don't really think about it because I'm trying to focus and get through the contractions

I also put that I want to avoid an internal monitor and when I say that I don't mean necessarily

The one on the baby's scalp

I don't have a problem with those because those do stay put really well and

Historically my babies like to move away from the Doppler ones, but the internal pressure catheter

Which is what they put inside to measure how strong exactly your contractions are

last time when she put it in. It was very very painful and then you are stuck in bed

You can't get up and move around. I don't like that

So I would like to avoid that if at all possible

And then lastly I have that I don't want to have a time limit

I don't want the pressure of all this is taking so long

I think that just adds to making it even more likely to take a long time

because now you're feeling the pressure and the stress of that and you need to just

Surrender and go with it

So I'm hoping that my doctor will be on board with that and not have an arbitrary time limit

Especially if my water is broken

I know a lot of people think there's like this rule of thumb that you need to deliver within 24 hours of your water being

Broken and while that is ideal, there's not a hard and fast rule

I want to be able to just go with the flow of the process and assess things as they happen. So if there is

Signs of infection or there is signs of the baby being in distress all of those things that they're worried about have other signs

That they can watch for and so I would rather them watch for those signs

instead of just assuming

Based on how much time has elapsed. I hope that makes sense

Also underneath here. I have a couple of sentences, you know things that were a little bit harder to put just in that little square

But are still like a very succinct sentence just to give a little bit more insight

So for labor, I have, "please avoid words like pain and contraction"

"Please use words like discomfort surge pressure instead."

"Please do not ask me questions while my eyes are closed." because if my eyes are closed

I'm probably in the light switch off mode with the hypnobabies

So I'm really needing to be focused and I'm not gonna be able to respond

Lastly, "if plans need to change and it is not an emergency,

Please allot time for me to discuss with my support partner(s) alone"

Instead of that medical person still standing in the room that kind of feels a little bit hostile

when they're there standing over you. you just wanna be able to freely discuss it, freely process it, and come up with your Decision

Next, I have the delivery section in the middle. It's mostly Green. There's not a lot of red there

And again, that's because thankfully this hospital is really supportive of the things that I would prefer and are pretty standard anyway

But just in case, I just have it listed so things like I want to wait for the urge to push

Last time this worked out really well when I was 10 centimeters

Instead of going okay, let's push just cuz you're 10 centimeters

She sat me upright, and we labored her down for over an hour and a half or so

Just let my uterus do its job.

When you're fully dilated, your contractions change

and they start pushing your baby down each time you contract. it's really cool. I actually felt

her moving down

and let your body do the work for you

Because until the baby gets really really down low in there

You pushing isn't gonna be able to get them out anyway

And so you can just exhaust yourself

before the baby's even low enough

for you to be able to help and that's how it went last time. I was able to push her out

In 30 minutes once we started pushing, so I would like it to go that way again this time. It was very successful

I also put on there, mother directed pushing. I do appreciate having a little bit of guidance, but I could feel the contractions coming

I felt like I had a good idea of when I needed to push and

sometimes it was really hard to hold my breath for the full 10 count and that was kind of frustrating

and there were times when they were like not yelling at me

but it just it was really chaotic because there were like three nurses in there and my doula

all talking to me and it was really overwhelming and I just want it to be a lot more calm this time and all

And also I put, "lower volume if coaching is needed"

So like you don't need to yell at me. you can can use your inside voice

I also put down alternative pushing position. the hospital that I'm birthing at has a squat bar on all of the beds

I definitely just want to try be more upright this time instead of on my back. Of course

I'm just gonna play it by ear and see what feels right when the time comes

I also put down that I want some counter pressure and stretching and massaging, to prevent tearing and

My last doctor did that for me

Even in between pushes. He's just sitting there like

And it really works. I did not tear at all

I put no episiotomy

I'm not interested in one unless it absolutely has to happen ing

I know a lot of times if forceps need to happen, sometimes they need to do the episiotomy

so they can get the forceps in. I know a lot of people are not comfortable with forceps

My doctor has been an OB for 38 years. He's very very experienced. He knows what he's doing

He doesn't use them unless they're necessary

So I'm comfortable with with him using them if he deems them necessary then I have that

I want immediate skin-to-skin and delayed cord clamping we did that last time it was amazing. I was looking at the

timestamps of my birth photos from last time and literally within the minute she was born she was on my chest and that was so

Awesome. It's just magical. It's so great for the bonding experience

It's so great for the baby

Her cord stopped pulsing all together before they cut it which was about 10 minutes later, though

I wanted to do it that way again this time and I have delay exams for bonding at the hospital last time that was like

Their standard they knew she was good and I was good. They're like,

"call us when you want us to come back and weigh her and stuff" and they left and so it was about an hour and

A half after she was born that I called and said, "okay. I'm ready." So it was really nice to do it that way

So I would like to do it that way again if at all possible, I have that I want breast feeding ASAP

I want the partner cutting the cord. Justin really liked doing that last time and

Physiological birth of placenta, I just don't want it... My dad described when my brother was born,

the doctor wrapped the cord around the scissors and he was like pulling with all of his might and

I don't want something like that

Um, you know if it can be helped

I mean obviously if it's been like an hour or two and it's doesn't come out or something then

Yeah, they're probably gonna have to get drastic and try to get it out

But you know if it's only been 10, 20, 30 minutes, like let's just you know

Be patient and wait for it , see if it's ready to come out on its own. you're less likely to have any

retained placenta if you wait on it to come on its own

Then sentences underneath that. I have, "if repairs are needed, please no extra stitch(es)" there is kind of this running "joke"

Which is awful about the "husband stitch" that some doctors do and it's not just a joke

It is a reality and there are some doctors that do that. and below that in the bottom. I have "in case of cesarean"

Because any, any birth has the potential to need to be a cesarean birth

you just never know, and in my particular case, you know, it is a very real possibility since we are needing to

Deliver him early. So I like having a separate area. Um last time I had it on a separate page

You know just somehow, somewhere, you want to think about what kind of things that you would prefer for a cesarean birth as well

Nowadays, there's more options with cesarean births. And where more hospitals are on board with

supporting some of the more gentle cesarean or

family-centered cesarean options

But they do want to know that that's what you want ahead of time so that they can set it up that way for you

it does affect their setup. So that's that I have that section here

So I have please narrate the procedure it took me a while to like word that I'm like

How do I learn this in an icon?

Basically, I just kind of want to have an idea of what's going on

So I feel more involved

In the process instead of things just happened to me and just so I can get like a heads up if something's gonna be uncomfortable

Or you know just have an idea where they're at in the process. I also put that I would like a clear drape

I'm not sure if they have them

I know the other

Hospital that I toured said that they have them if they don't have clear drapes and I want them to lower it a little bit

When it's time for him to come out

I also want to be able to do immediate skin a skin in the Oh are in breastfeed in LR if at all possible

I want them shoes still delayed cutting his court if they can if they can't I want them to

Milk the court next I put that I wanted to avoid

Sedatives because I don't want to feel out of it and for my son's birth

They gave me ketamine

I was hallucinating or I was basically unconscious even when I was

You know lucid it was like being extremely extremely extremely drunk the whole room was spinning and couldn't focus

Everything was blurry. It was really disorienting and that experience was way scarier for me. So I would rather just avoid those

And just try to be present in the moment and stay calm and other ways instead

however

I do want to get some kind of anti-nausea meds because I did end up throwing up in recovery

After my first c-section, I don't like vomiting. I don't like being nauseated

So if that could be helped, that would be nice

And then I also just have a little icon for having my arms free

And basically I went into a little bit more detail in the in the census below

I don't know how possible this particular thing is

I need to double check on this with my doctor and my next appointment

I do know that there's not a limit to how many people you can have in the delivery room

with a vaginal birth

And I do know that you can take pictures and video even if you want in the cesarean

ideally

I would like my husband my doula and my birthday agra fort should be in the or with us if I can't have three I

definitely want to

in which phase I think I would go with my husband and the

photographer because I do want to have some nice photos of the birth was my first

If they wouldn't let my photographer in and they would all warm idle it they would only live in actually

they've even let him my husband honestly talked her he was out but they

wouldn't let the photographer coming so she sent her camera in with one of the nurses and the nurse took some pictures, but it

Nothing real special nothing really over the birth itself

It was just a lot of the same kind of stuff that people would take themselves

So I would if I and have all three then those are the two I probably quite worried advise

but I would really like to have all three because I want my photographer taking pictures and she's just gonna be kind of off to

The side and not in the way I would want my husband to go with the baby

And so it would be nice to sell Magdala there to have someone there for me

Through the end of the surgery and then I have I would like minimal separation from my baby

So my son they took him away and we were separated for nine hours

Ideally, I would like to Namie separate from him at all. And I know sometimes that's possible

But if we do have to be separated

I don't want it to be like a really long time

Like hopefully no more than like half an hour and then lastly in the upper right hand corner. I have newborn care

So this is gonna be stuff that is no matter how he's born the stuff that they do after

The birth when they start doing, you know

The newborn procedures and you know over the course of the time that you're at the hospital

So the main thing is, please consult before food or meds, which hopefully is their standard of care

I know with my son II and the low blood sugar and they came to me and asked me if I wanted

To admit him to the NICU and get him an IV or if I wanted them to give him formula and then with my daughter

She needed an IV again. They presented me with what they wanted to do

I just want to make sure no one's trying to give him something without talking to us about it first

I have I wouldn't okay vitamin K

Yes to that and then I have no help tennis B, and it's not because we don't do it

It's just we do it with his other vaccines

I also have no circumcision and then I put in the sentences if baby's blood glucose is low I have

Colostrum and syringes to supplement. I've been harvesting colostrum

Anticipating if he might have a low blood sugar problem. I mean Kalinin did and I didn't even have gestational diabetes with him

Of course again, if you still need swimming they will do that. And then I please avoid using bottles or pacifiers if possible

I'm not totally anti pacifier. I'd rather it be at my discretion instead of uh nurses rushing

so I'm glad that I put this together it helped to kind of just get a general idea of

How I would like things to go this time based off of things that I've learned

From my first two births in what I anticipate might happen this time

But in the end all that really matters is that we both get out of it safely. So however that needs to happen

I'm okay with that. I'm at peace with that

My doctor is like the most of you back supportive doctor and the whole area home birth midwives and the birth center midwives

I use him as their backup OB and he is just a very experienced very competent

Also, you know very supportive of natural birth. He even still does vaginal breech birth

So I know if he feels that

Cesarean needs to happen. I trust his judgment and then it is something that is really necessary. Oh really for the best

So I'm at peace with knowing that it might not work out

I might not get a VBAC again and I'm just very grateful that I did get to experience that really

I'm just hoping for things to go more smoothly this time whether it's a feedback or a cesarean. I just hope because was totally

Preparing myself. I'm going into this with a very positive mindset

No matter how it goes staying home and a positive and hopeful it's going to help get through that process. So

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