Trillian - No I'm still bfing exclusively, so no AF yet.
I thought that was just a clot, but I've always been told to call someone if a clot is bigger than a lemon. I saw DD2's placenta & didn't think it looked like it, but figured the nurse knew what she was talking about.
The only thing said about the placenta was that it looked like I smoked even though I didn't.
Last edited by ~clover~; July 17th, 2008 at 03:30 PM.
Isn't it wrong that she just started pulling on the cord with out any contractions though??
& are you supposed to have the needle, or is it just something that depends on the hospital??
Hi Bjrose
First let me say don’t worry, if anything was still left in your uterus you would have had some symptoms way before now.
With the injection it is very common for some women not to remember getting it. There is also a good chance that they forgot to give it. A third option would that the hospital you went to do nor routinely give it, although this would be very unusual. Pulling on the cord, although not the ideal way of birthing the placenta, is a common practice in hospitals. Pulling on the cord when you did not get the injection will not cause any more problems than it would have if you did get the injection.
OK. Thanks Alan.
It was painful - well I didn't like the feeling of her pulling on it, but I was pretty sure everything was OK.
I always thought you had to wait til the contractions to birth the placenta - took about 30 minutes after the girls I think. It just felt so wrong the way she did it. If I had've known it'd happen that way I would've made sure I told them I didn't want it.
Oh well. You have to learn some things the hard way I guess. If I ever have any more kids I'll make sure I don't forget.
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