Amygirl - your birth sounds nearly the same as mine - Induction - epidural after 30 hours from first gel, and then c/s 7 hours later! It was amazing to me too that before the c/s I met the recovery nurse, the anaesthetic (sp?) nurse, the anaesthetist, and a about a billion other peoplewho explained what they would be doing - but not the Dr's who did the actual procedure!! Its crazy - but to answer your question - in my case I remember Izzy was out and then I felt pressure at the top of my stomach and it felt like they were being pretty rough and I asked the anaesthetist what they were doing and he said they were massaging my stomach to help the placenta move down and out. I guess they give it a helping hand to come out and I dont think they wait as such because once bub is out they would want to close up as quickly as possible. If Im wrong any Dr's or midwives out there feel free to correct!!