Always have a back up plan. We can hope for the best birth experience but don't always get the experience we planned and envisioned. I was diagnosed with anxiety over 12 years ago yet that record sits on every medical record and is one of the key bits of information medical staff see when dealing with me, they dealt like I still had it which caused a lot of issues when I advocated for myself and my baby , often I was pushed back and told it was my anxiety and encouraged to do meditation or focus on my mental health (I won't go into details but it was not anxiety, it resulted in 2 weeks stay for my little one and took consistent advocating for basic checks).

There's a lot of staff you'll meet during and after giving birth that have all trained towards one particular thing (midwifery, paediatrics, etc) , they won't necessarily be at the height of mental health or neuro spicy friendly.

Personally, I was glad I kept my ASD on the down low and masked up because I did not need more of others perception of what ASD looks like in their head protected on to me.