Abstract: Objective To explore the cognition, attitudes and demands status of birth plan, and to provide the basis for making scientific birth plan. Methods Based on simple random sampling sampling, a total of 310 pregnant women were selected to explore the status of the cognition, attitudes and demands of birth plan and analysis the influencing factors and correlation. Results A total of 289 valid questionnaires were collected. 73.7% of pregnant women had never heard of birth plan before , and all pregnant women had not made birth plan. 54.7% of pregnant women hoped to make a delivery plan. The influencing factors of pregnant women’s attitude towards birth plan were age, education level, occupation, planned pregnancy and previous knowledge of birth plan (P<0.05). There were 20 higher plan demands and 6 lower plan demands. Conclusion The cognition of pregnant women to birth plan is generally low. Nursing managers should pay attention to the health education training of midwives and antenatal care personnel, to improve the childbirth experience and satisfaction of pregnant women.

Key words: birth plan, cognition, attitudes, demands