I haz a question...

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

BB has informed me of so much surrounding birth, and I was a support person for my sister when she had her last bub, so I've seen it up close 'n' personal. But I've read in a lot of different places that birthing the placenta is harder/more painful than birthing the baby. Why is that?

Is it more of an annoyance thing, like, you've already birthed your bub and (hopefully) you're holding him/her, but you've still got these annoying contractions and there's no 'bonus' at the end? Or is it actually a completely different pain?

Shanks for answering, birthing warriors

ETA - Thanks to the lovely Arcadia, I now know I actually want to be asking about afterbirth pains! I'll leave my post so y'all know what the first few posts are talking about though