Comments on: “They Don’t Come Out On Their Own You Know.”

By: The Circular Reasoning of Interventive Obstetrics « Thoughtful Birth

The Circular Reasoning of Interventive Obstetrics « Thoughtful Birth — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:45:55 +0000

[...] “Placentas don’t come out on their own.” [...]

By: Serene

Serene — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:26:01 +0000

Any chance someone can send me this video? Its not available outside the US

My email is sjo76149 at supernerd dot com dot au

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:35:38 +0000

My CNM did this to me. I think it had been 45 minutes since I gave birth to my son before they started messing with it but I still felt rushed. Then an OB came in and tried to remove it manually without pain medication (I had not had any prior) which was pure agony. I ended up with a spinal and a D&C.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:53:23 +0000

Olivia, I am so very sorry for your loss, and for the complications that undoubtedly made an already difficult time more painful.

By: Olivia H.

Olivia H. — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:18:00 +0000

I am reminded of my first pregnancy, which unfortunately, was a stillbirth.

After I had her, ( I was induced because my Dr. didn’t want to put me through the physical healing of a cesarean) the nurse started tugging on the cord almost immediately. After a minute or so, the placenta delivered. I had to go back after a couple of days for a D&C because there was lots of placenta left. That wouldn’t have happened if I had been left to let it come naturally. But I also understand that she was trying to make this as painless as possible for me because of the situation.

I had gone for an ultrasound the day before, and it showed that my daughter no longer had a heartbeat. She had died in-utero from a cord accident.

By: Heather P

Heather P — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:01:13 +0000

This sounds eerily familiar.

My hospital birth: Doctor pulling with her full body weight on the cord. It felt like she was trying to pull my uterus out. I lost 1000cc of blood. It took 10 minutes.

My homebirth: Nobody laid a finger on that cord. I birthed in on my own while still in the water and still attached to the baby. I lost 250cc of blood. It took a whopping 11 minutes.

Yeah, they do come out on their own doc.

By: Heather P

Heather P — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:55:38 +0000

ROTFL! That was funny!

By: Heather P

Heather P — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:51:20 +0000

Before “My OB said what” it was “Things my doula wife sees that convince me that hospitals suck”

My husband was enthusiastically on board for the homebirth for baby #2.

By: Mollie

Mollie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:32:38 +0000

Mine took around a half hour to come out. I had a waterbirth and the midwives just put it in a bowl floating in the tub. A little later, my husband cut the cord. I have other reasons to not give birth at a hospital, but this is just one more reinforcement of that decision! Also, my husband was completely on board with non-hospital birth once I read to him what an “average” experience there was like! I hope this mom that had this experience has a much better one the next time.

By: attached2mykids

attached2mykids — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:12:39 +0000

When I read the headline from this one I just knew he was talking about the baby! LOL Glad to hear it wasn’t about a baby, but goodness come on. What did women do before OBs??
“Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” Exodus 1:19