I've had a string of beautiful births lately, with moms & dads catching their babies while my assistant and I sit back, our hands never really getting wet at all (most of my clients birth in the water).
After the births, my assistant and I are really quiet and we move out of the way towards a place where we aren't "right there" after the birth happens.
We watch women, and I see that "grimace" and uncomfortable look on the mom's faces as I believe the placenta separates.
For those of you that birthed in the water, did you birth your placenta in the water?
Were you aware that it was time for the placenta to come out? How?
Did you use any cord traction at all while birthing the placenta?
For the past two births in water, even the last two on land, the placentas separate, but even 15 minutes later, there is no placenta born. It isn't until some slight cord traction is applied before the placenta is born into the vagina and then out.
Input?
After the births, my assistant and I are really quiet and we move out of the way towards a place where we aren't "right there" after the birth happens.
We watch women, and I see that "grimace" and uncomfortable look on the mom's faces as I believe the placenta separates.
For those of you that birthed in the water, did you birth your placenta in the water?
Were you aware that it was time for the placenta to come out? How?
Did you use any cord traction at all while birthing the placenta?
For the past two births in water, even the last two on land, the placentas separate, but even 15 minutes later, there is no placenta born. It isn't until some slight cord traction is applied before the placenta is born into the vagina and then out.
Input?