Hi Rose,
I've had trouble with my placentas too.
First pregnancy: Retained placenta obst came in whilst midwifes tried to massage my tummy. Not budging so rushed to theatre for D&C. 4 months later on internal ultrasound they found a large amount still lodged in me and another D&C was done.
2 Pregnancy: Delievered and midwife again massaged my tummy for ages and had a few tugs at the cord to remove. Obst came in and told me to put my foor on his chest and he snapped my cord. To make things worse he went about trying to remove it manually. After loosing too much blood I was rushed to theatre where it took 45 minutes to remove, usually only takes 10 - 20 minutes.
3 Pregnancy: After discussion with different obst I decided on a c-sect. A few other medical issues were present and the chances of having to go theatre again was enough to tip me over.
I'm sure they never gave me any drugs to deliever bit of a blur, I had canulas in already for both births as they were prom babies, maybe they did'nt want to heighten the hormone levels for me.
Bec