Ok the books don't talk to much about this but I am curious about it. I was in the birthing room for my sister and I don't remember her delivering it...I remember seeing it just not her pushing it out.
Do you have to give pushes do deliver the placenta or is this something that just happens to come out on its own with the drs help? Also can you feel it being delivered/does it hurt?
I know this may be a dumb question but just curious being I have about 10 more weeks left before I have to do it!! Thanks!!
2007-06-05 07:33:45 · 18 answers · asked by baby1august 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
it depends. sometimes you have to give small pushes to assist your ob. mostly it delivers itself. it will disconnect itself from the wall of your uterus after your baby is born. It does NOT hurt. It is soft material, and after pushing out a baby, and having your vagina stretched open 10 centimeters wide, you don't really notice, LOL. The ob may massage your belly, or your uterus to help it deliver. Good Luck, and DONT WORRY! Congrats!
2007-06-05 07:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think this is a dumb question at all. There is so much info on pushing the baby out but the placenta??? So this is what I remember:
After the baby comes out, you still have contractions. Those contractions, help to detach the placenta from the wall of the uterus. After the baby comes out, the doc or midiwfe clamps the umbilical cord in two places and it is cut inbetween. My midwife then twirled the umblical cord around the clamp and then when I had the contractions she would gently pull on the cord that is still attached to the placenta and I did have to push a few times. I recall that it did not hurt and it just kinda feels like a (sorry for the graphic description but here goes) a big huge piece of flesh sliding out - which is esentially what the placenta is. It took a couple of contractions to get it out but delivering the placenta is a piece of cake compared to the baby!
Good luck with the birth and a bit congrats with love to all!
2007-06-05 07:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by hollyberry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The placenta takes some pushes to deliver, but because it's far more flexible than the baby, it's all but painless. The contractions that deliver it hurt a little, but NOTHING like delivery contractions.
You may feel further contractions after the placenta is delivered, as the uterus "tones up" to stop the bleeding; this is very normal and necessary, so that you don't lose too much blood. You may feel milder versions of these contractions off and on for a few days, especially if you are breast-feeding. The oxytocin produced by the baby's suckling action triggers them, and helps your body tone up further - another benefit of breast feeding.
2007-06-05 07:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
After the baby is born, the uterus keeps contracting and the placenta will separate from the wall of the uterus. Sometimes a few small pushes will help it come out after it separates. The birth attendant does not pull on it, but will keep the cord taunt so that they will know when the placenta has separated (the cord will become slack). Be sure to ask to look at it and have the different parts of it explained to you - it was your baby's home for 9 months and is fascinating.
2007-06-05 07:47:01 · answer #4 · answered by SheepLuv 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Honestly by the time the placenta comes there's to much going on but I do remember the midwife delivering it with # 2 (i didn't have him in my hands yet) I didn't have to push it just came out with a little contraction no big deal it was done while organized cahos ensued all around the baby
2007-06-05 07:50:34 · answer #5 · answered by renee70466 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to be honest and say that I remember very little from the period right after my son was born. I know that they laid him on my chest and my husband and I were so in awe gazing at our baby that the placenta seems to have just delivered itself.
You do continue to have contractions and I remember the doctor or midwife pushing on my stomach, but I don't remember having to push myself. (I should ask my husband, he probably remembers more than I do). Lets just say that its no big deal after having squeezed a baby out and you will be so uninterested at that point being as you are exhausted but yet on a high having your baby in your arms.
Contractions do continue for some time after you give birth and can get quite strong if you breastfeed.This is a good thing as it helps your uterus expell all the extra blood (you'll bleed for sometime after birth) and get it back to its original size.
Good luck and congratulations!
2007-06-05 08:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by worldsowide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, after the baby come out your body still is having contractions and it naturally pushes out the placenta, I think the doctor asked me to push one time, which isnt painful at all (or wasn't for me, though giving birth was VERY painful) and I did feel it, it wasn't painful, and it only took a moment for it to be expelled. In fact, i really didn't notice the whole thing at all. Believe me, it will be that last thing on your mind!
Wishing you a happy delivery!
2007-06-05 07:44:05 · answer #7 · answered by LeAnn W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can feel it coming out. I doesn't hurt really. It's just alot of pressure and then a warm flopping out. There's no need to push, your uterus is still contracting after delivery of the baby, but it doesn't hurt like labor pain. After delivery you are kinda out of it so you really don't pay much attention to it. With one of my children the Drs were expecting them to be born with severe birth defects and not live much past delivery(which incidently was totally wrong and my baby was healthy) so they tried to force the placenta out sooner by pulling on the cord, but part of it broke off in there because it hadn't fully detached yet and it didn't pass until 2 days later and I had an infection from it. It was the size of a small cantelope! THAT was shear pain....worse than childbirth. The staff is suppose to inspect the placenta after the birth to prevent things like that, but they didn't in their haste. You can ask to see it after birth if you are concerned about that. I've inspected every one of mine after that experience! Good luck on the birth of your baby!
2007-06-05 07:47:53 · answer #8 · answered by Heavenly Advocate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you usually have some minor smaller contractions after the baby comes out that will expel the placenta, the doctor will reach in there and kinda rub along the side of your uterus to help detach it also. because they don't want any left in you which can cause infection. you'll be so busy just looking at your new baby, that you won't even realize that they are probably doing it.
2007-06-05 07:43:09 · answer #9 · answered by divamommy_4 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
delivering the placenta is very easy and hardly takes 5 minutes. The dr. kinda helps pull it out too, doesn't hurt at all.
2007-06-05 07:39:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋