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How can I makethe decisionthat’s best for me?At the Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies, we understand that the right decision for you may not be the right decision for others.When making decisions about their maternity care, some women prefer to get the information and make decisions by themselves or with theirfamilies. Other women like to make decisions as a team with their care providers and some women like their care providers to make decisions forthem. This decision is yours to make. You might change your mind about previous decisions if you get more information, if your circumstanceschange or your preferences change. For all decisions before, during and after your birth, you are entitled to know your different options, knowwhat happens if you choose different options and choose the option that is best for you.Think about the reasons forchoosing each optionWhen making a decision about which option is best for you, it can be helpful to think about the reasonsthat you personally might choose each option. We have included a table in each decision aid in the bookwhere you can write down both the reasons you might and might not choose each option. You might havecome up with your own ideas, or have found information somewhere else.Think about which reasonsmatter to you the mostSome reasons might matter more to you than others and you might want to give these reasons extrathought when making a decision. There is room in each decision aid for you to mark how much eachreason matters to you in a box. Doing this can also help you talk to other people about what matters toyou. You might like to use a simple star rating like this to mark how important each reason is:Matters to me a little Matters to me quite a bit Matters to me a lotThink about whether you’releaning towards one option orthe otherOnce you’ve thought about the reasons for choosing each option and how much each reason matters toyou, you might feel that one option is better for you. Or, you might still be unsure and want to think aboutit some more or ask questions. There is a place to mark what you feel about your options within eachdecision aid. You can also show this table to your care provider to help you make decisions as a team.4
Using theinformationin this bookWhat wehaven’t coveredin this bookHow you use the information in this book is entirely up to you. Ifyou want to be involved in making decisions about your pregnancy,labour and birth, this information will support you to do so. If youdon’t want to be involved in decision-making, this information mayhelp you to know what to expect during your maternity care.The list of studies we refer to in this book can be found in theonline versions of each decision aid (www.havingababy.org.au).In time, the technical reports for the development of each of thedecision aids in the book will also be available online. Technicalreports are a record of the decisions the researchers made whenconsidering which studies to include and exclude in each of thedecision aids.We are aware the information in this book is only the ‘tip of theiceberg’ when it comes to information about your maternity care.Unfortunately there are lots of topics we haven’t been able to cover,that women said they wanted more information about. For example,women told us they wanted clear, consistent and trustworthyinformation about immunisation, postnatal depression, sleeping andsettling newborns, breastfeeding, stillborn babies and miscarriage.We have done our best to put topics into this book that women havesaid were most important. In time, our website will be able to provideyou with more clear, consistent and trustworthy information aboutmaternity care.Studies can’t say for sure what would happen if you choose oneoption or another. However, the results of studies might give youan idea of the possible outcomes of each option. The studies weuse in this book give you the best possible estimates of how likelydifferent things are to happen.In the decision aids in this book, we talk a lot about the chance ofdifferent things happening. To put the numbers we have includedinto some context, it might be useful to know that each year inAustralia:»»5 out of every 1000 people are injured in a car accident»»2 out of every 100 people have vomiting or diarrhoea fromfood poisoning»»30 out of every 100 people catch a cold or flu»»45 out of every 100 people get sunburntThe information in this book can be used with Queensland Health’sPregnancy Health Record (pictured right). You might like to ask yourcare provider about this record.5
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