Just thought I'd throw int hat when I asking about the injection, they told m,e what it was for and I laughed at them!! lol Surely the body knows how to deliver the placenta!...
Anyway, the DR said to me that if I was really concerned about the affect of it on the baby then they can administer it after the cord is cut (not that they have to clamp and cut early, but rather there is no hurry to clamp and cut or deliver the placenta.

So you can delay it if your concern is for the baby but you *need* to have the synto.

Another alternative is to take some lavender oil into labour with you and immediately after the birth, have the midwive or your support person put one drop directly onto your pubic bone. This will help the placenta to detach and also aid its delivery



PS: If you are worried about the synto, I reccomend looking into the Vit K dose (oral of injection) that they give bubs....nasty shyte in that thing too...