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#1 ·
I feel pretty well prepared for my UC except for placenta time...
Can some mamas who've been there done that share some wisdom?
My other 4 births were at the hospital where the Dr likes to yank it out by the cord. So I have no idea what to expect with a natural after birth birth lol.
I hear sometimes it can take over an hour, but I honestly am nervous about this part...
 
#2 ·
Yikes! yank it out?!?!!? dude seriously that could cause some issues!!!!!

Afterbirth really isn't a deal...no different than birthing the baby...but easier.
My first two were super easy...one little push and it was done.
My last two took a little more work but still were easier than birth. The only thing I don't like is the continued contrax...but in reality with me at least, those have continued even after the after birth. Some as long as days (and primarily only when nursing).
I wouldn't be worried about it at all. Seriously not a deal. It will detach when ready and will be easily birthed =)
 
#3 ·
Everything I've been reading has me really nervous saying it can get stuck or this is the most dangerous time because of PPH... I try not to rely on anything mainstream so its mostly alternative midwifey type stuff I've been reading.
 
#4 ·
Nurse the baby or use nipple stimulation, get upright over a disposable pad and give a couple pushes and strong coughs after it separates (usually with a splash of blood). Odds are it will come just fine on its own, if you are concerned have a "placenta out" tincture available to get it moving should it be slow to come. All 3 of mine came in less than 10 minutes, exactly how long was hazy but I had barely met baby first and hadn't nursed yet. I think I kept holding the babies while they came in my homebirths.
 
#6 ·
Im planning first birth and first UC and I have to admit- this is one of two things which also makes me NERVOUS- Postpartum hemmorage :suckthumb

Anyway. Another trick I heard one mom used was making herself gag(finger down throat) and placenta came right out.
 
#7 ·
Not medical advice, but my experience -

I can't speak to outside the bathtub, but I brought baby to breast ASAP (nipple stimulation was the alternative). We expected placenta to detach easily. Angelica would have helped if it hadn't. Placenta was half-delivered and felt like it got "stuck" so I passed baby to my husband and got into a squat. Placenta delivered mid-squat and I placed it in a colander and basin until we were ready to cut the cord. I inspected it in the basin to make sure that there weren't any obvious broken pieces (like, "oh, hey, there's a large chunk missing from the placenta... we should check and make sure that nothing is retained!"). I massaged my belly every so often with arnica gel and used Afterease tincture by Wish Garden, which was recommended by a woman in my DDC.

I prepared for my birth by taking alfalfa tablets (Vitamin K for clotting) toward the end of my pregnancy as well as for quite a while afterward. (Baby is five weeks old.) I had shepherd's purse tincture on hand and drank white oak bark tea and RRL tea while in labor and while in the bathtub after birth. Your mileage may vary, but I remained in the bathtub for several hours after birth (taking care to keep baby warm/comfortable) and refreshed the water as needed. I had a FAR easier recovery with this baby than I had with my first, despite tearing significantly this time (I didn't realize it until several days later). I honestly believe that it was the time spent in the water after birth that aided in the healing - but again, just my opinion/experience. I have also heard (I think an Ina May or Gloria Lemay tip) that placing the lips around the lip of a narrow bottle, like a glass soda bottle, and blowing into the bottle will help dislodge the placenta - although I haven't tried it myself.

Hope this helps.
 
#9 ·
With enough planning, depending on the laws of wherever you live, you could likely arrange for them to be shipped to you (or to a contact who could then ship them to you).

I used goldenseal root powder for cord care, and made it myself from goldenseal root. (Mostly because I like a challenge.) If you had enough time, you could probably make your own substances if you had access to the herbs. I think that you can also take alfalfa in tea form, and I vaguely remember stinging nettle (tea form) being similar in purpose (aid in clotting). It was more of a preventative for me, because I'll admit to being slightly concerned about hemorrhage as well (being one of the things that requires emergency aid as opposed to just a shrug).
 
#11 ·
I'm pretty sure GNC sells alfalfa pills. The blowing into a bottle, or even the gag trick sound funny but I guess its that whole "law of the sphyctures" (sp?)
Massaging arnica gel on the belly is a good idea, I hadn't even thought of that!
 
#13 ·
I have a lot of painful cramping for days after the birth. I know they say it gets worse after every birth cause it takes more work for your uterus to get itself back to normal size.
 
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