placenta delivery

hey guys!! new mom here, just wondering what everyone’s opinion is on letting the placenta come out naturally on its own. is their any risks for letting it stay put too long? should i let them try and get it out sooner rather then later?b

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I had the injection with my first
my placenta broke apart and they had to manually take it out of me 🤢
My second was a home birth and i didnt have it , baby latched , i soon felt contractions and delivered the placenta inn about 30-40 ish mins x

Our bodies are made to get rid of it after delivery
Maybe see how you go?

I would wait for your body to do it's thing. With my first the doctor pulled the placenta out, which doesn't hurt but the risks of it are not fun. If you're not bleeding excessively I would wait for the placenta to be delivered

The injection is absolutely fine

I’m going to wait and hope it comes out within 30 mins if not welp it’s got to come out! It definitely can’t stay in. 😬 I heard it looks like a flat jelly fish… and I also heard you hardly feel it after labor and when baby’s on your chest that’s not where your mind goes most of the time. IDK!

Usually comes out itself within 40-50mins, the body expels it naturally. Everything done in hospitals these days are rushed inc the pitocin and the injection for placenta. For my second birth I had the injection and my placenta came out ripped which needed manual removal which was painful AF. 3rd pregnancy I said no to everything and let my body do what it’s spose to. Took me 2 births to learn my lesson though lol.

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