It's placent.A !!

Either way it will come out after the baby, and you probably will not be taking much notice of the whole thing 'cos usually- you are holding your new baby at the time.

I had the injection first time 'round, but don't remember whether I did or not with the second- I think I did. Placenta came out fine and dandy first time, but had to be delivered via controlled cord traction the second (that's when the midvife very carefully and gradually pulls the umbilical cord to bring the placenta out.

Niether way hurt, or required much (if any) effort on my part-they told me what was going on, and what they were doing and I was just yep, whatever- i've got my baby, you go ahead and do what you like with that !!

It comes out after the baby. I had no shot or anything for it, I guess that they don't do that here. I wasn't even offered the option for anything like that. After the baby was out, I pushed again and it came out. But believe me you don't even feel it after you've just finished giving birth to the baby. It's like oh, yeah, uh-huh, whatever. Then someone says that it's out and you're suprised.

Iv had two kids already but my midwife said if I dont have the injection it could take up to 2 hours for the placenta to come out an im thinkin id wanna get up an shower an see my baby with out the cord hangin out

Well I haven't given birth yet but it doesn't seem likely that they'd let you shower without birthing the placenta first. And I also don't think it would take 2 hours. I don't know though...

I had never even heard of getting a shot to make you birth the placenta... Learn something new every day, I guess.

I thought that all came out at the same time... And sorry to sound gross but uhh...


Could they just tugg the chord and make it come out???

Haha.. Oh man I just got shivers

Guess they do things differently in australia....

I wasnt going to get the injection (it didn't worry me either way) but the labour was long and I was exhausted , the midwife reccomended it so I just went along, I couldn't have cared less by that stage any way, I just wanted to sleep. I do remember that the needle hurt though :-)
my advise is to go with what happens on the day. If you do decide to do it naturally the best way to hurry things up is to breast feed straight away (if you can), as it releases the same hormone that is in the injection.

2 hours ?
There is no way they are going to let you get about with a placenta still inside you for two hours- australia, america, uk or ..Antartica!

When mine didn't come out within a few minutes, they were alll, "hmmm" and murmuring between themselves, and getting the head midvife in for a look.
They have to get it out before the uterus contracts around it, and the cervix starts to close- trapping it in there and causing infection- and that doesn't take long.

They do pull the cord- (read my other post), but they don't just give it a good tug!, they have to be very careful about it so as not to damage the uterine wall, to which it is attached. A very experienced midwife is the only one who should attempt it, if an obstetrition is not present.

My midwife said because its a home birth they try to make it as natural as possible so if it takes two hours it takes two hours well well
see how it goes

Wow I would consider a new midwife cause 2 hours is a flippin long time to have that cord sticking out of you ...Sorry mine aint staying in there more than 5 minutes and frankly, ive never in my life seen it in anyone for that long nor have I ever read about it .

I read on a website that if you give birth at home it could take up to 15 - 45 minutes and if it takes from 1-2 hours, you should go to the hospital. It also said that if you give birth in the hospital it'll come out right away and the longest they'll wait is 30 minutes. It only takes that long if there's a problem.
I also came across a website talking about placenta stew and how it's rare, but some people actually cook it and eat it. Blllaaahhh!!!

Yeah I have heard of sickos eating that!! Dogs eat it all the time! Sooo nasty....

Wow...It took mine about 20 mins. It was actually coming out while she was stitching me up. And as soon as she was done she made me give her a small push and out it came.

I gace birth drug free and they didn't have to give me a shot to deliver the placenta. They gave me shots to stitch down there up but it was so numb from her coming out I could barely feel it.

Good luck!

Sarah

i guess the injection is oxytocin, but that isn't sop here. I remember the nurses massaging my belly quite firmly, can't recall which birth though - the other times the placenta came right out on its own.