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The Third & Fourth Stage of Labour Labour doesn't end with the birth of the baby - it ends with the third stage - the birth of the placenta! So if you have any questions about anything third stage, for example cord blood, cord clamping, vitamin K injections or the 'fourth stage' of post-birth bonding, post here!


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Old July 3rd, 2009, 07:16 AM
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With my first birth (at home) I intended to have a natural 3rd stage but after about 3 hours and no sign of placenta I had the injection.... still nothing. After bit of blood and call to ambulance to transfer to hospital for manual removal the midwife got it out before having to transfer.
Been thinking about my next birth, in about 16 weeks time and would really like to go for natural 3rd stage again. So.... my question is how long to wait? What is the longest people have waited for a placenta naturally?
My mw heard of someone who took 12 hours.
Was drug free with my first birth and had skin to skin straight away, but was slow to get any nipple action. Also don't think it helped that MW said 'push like you just pushed your baby out' and I'm thinking 'no way that bloody hurt!'
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Old July 3rd, 2009, 07:20 AM
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I had a natural 3rd stage with my 3rd baby, the 1st was with injection and can't remember the 2nd. From memory it was only a few minutes and I did push like I pushed my baby out, it was a natural reflex to push it out. It did hurt but nowhere near as much as getting the baby out. I think it hurt mainly because of the grazing I had.
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