The midwife at our antenatal class brought down a fresh placenta for us to look at :shock: . It all comes out together. The membranes are attached to the placenta. She held all the membranes up and pretty much 're-made' the sac that the baby was in. Kinda looks inside out coz the umbilical cord of course has to be on the inside of the sac for the baby, and then there's all the red raw stuff on the outside of the placenta which was attached to the uterus.

She also showed us how tough the membranes are by trying to pop it with her fingers... which she eventually did after some effort, but she said that's why we need the sharp hook, coz they're so tough.

It was very interesting. Gross!... but interesting. hehe.