Wow, I think every woman should read up on freebirth because it truly is a reality for all of us. With ds the only reason he wasn't freebirth was because my back up midwife was in the next suburb. I also didn't get frequent or long contractions with him. It took a lot more than three pushes though lol.

I haven't heard of the blow on a bottle thing. Placentas are funny things. Mine plopped out with ds when my primary midwife finally arrived. I think the emotional stuff is important for that third stage.

Were you shakey from shock Jen? It's a lot to go through so quickly!!!