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.