05/30/2026
If you are an unvaccinated mom preparing for a hospital birth, I really want to encourage you to think through blood transfusions before labor starts.
This was actually something my mom brought up to me before I had my first baby, and honestly I had never even thought about it before that conversation. By the grace of God, I never ended up needing a blood transfusion, but I was so thankful I had already spent time thinking through it ahead of time instead of potentially being faced with that decision during an emergency.
For me personally, if I was making major health decisions in my life and being intentional about what I was and wasn’t comfortable with medically, then I also didn’t want to receive blood from just anybody without thinking through that beforehand. And once I started researching, I realized most women have absolutely no idea where to even start with this conversation or what options and resources may exist.
That’s one of the biggest reasons I created this Home Birth in a Hospital Prep Planner. I wanted women to stop feeling like they had to piece together huge medical and birth decisions from random TikToks, screenshots, and late-night Google searches while pregnant.
Inside the planner, I included an entire section on blood transfusions and donor planning, including why this matters to many unvaccinated families, possible options and resources, and practical ways to prepare ahead of time. I also cover informed consent, interventions, hospital timelines and pressure points, advocacy during labor, postpartum prep, and how to create a lower-intervention hospital birth experience while still feeling calm and prepared.
The goal is not fear. The goal is walking into birth feeling informed, confident, and ready instead of blindsided.
Comment HOMEBIRTH and I’ll send you the link to the planner.
