Hi leesha

I agree- that must not have been very pleasant for you When I had my son, I remember the placenta came out within 5 mins of him being born...I put him straight on the breast after he was born...I didn't have an injection or anything...

With my daughter (I gave birth in a different hospital) and again my placenta came out fairly quickly after she was born but they did give me the injection this time around..although I don't know if I would have needed it.

Putting bub straight to the breast is a good start....as breast-feeding stimulates the uterus to contract.

I am not really sure what else you can do to get the placenta to come out.....hopefully some of the other girls will be able to help you out a bit more

Maybe they where pulling to hard because you're only meant to either VERY gently tug on it or it just comes away it's self but you usually need to be quite upright for that to work it's best. Make sure after you have youre baby that you start feeding asap and also make sure you're nice and warm or if you;re hot then nice and cool.....you get the drift.....make sure you don't have a chill or are very hot

Placentas do not need to be tugged out! This can cause the cord to snap and even possible hemorrhage to the mother. They are released by hormones that are released post birth.Breast feeding or nipple stimulation is a great way to encourage these hormones to flow.
Skin to skin contact uninterrupted is also really helpful.
I wonder if the mw's/ob/doc was just to impatient to wait for as long as it takes you to release your placentas?
Sitting on the toilet,with a bowl in to catch it helps too,gravity

I hope you find a solution.

With my DS, my placenta would not separate. I had the injection as he was crowning and put him to the breast, but nope still didn't budge. They gave me the injection agaian and the Dr tried gentle tugging, but nope. They then tried pushing on my tummy and ice/heat packs, then even used a catheter to empty my bladder, nope, still no luck. After an hour and a half ( i know, long time to wait) they suggested i go to the loo. Well the walk there and sitting for a couple of minutes did the trick. I did however end up having the injection again as I was showering as I was still passing clots and then put on the same treatment as c-section women later that night as my uterus had decided it had done it's job after delivering bub, and refused to contract. I was borderline of a bllod transfusion, but ended up on iron and vitc tab 2 times a day for the next 2 mths instead.

Whilst pregnant with my DD, I mentioned all this to the middies and was told that given my history they would administer the injection via an IV bung in my hand as it was stronger than the injection into your thigh. I didn't get the chance to find out if this would work as she was breech, so delivered at 39 weeks by CS

my cord snapped the first time and the placenta came out in pieces and the second time over an hour

I had this with DD. I was bleeding heavily post her (already very traumatic) birth and wasn't delivering the placenta, despite having a managed third stage.

They (midwives x 2, registrar, another dr and OB) tried manual removal several times, with not a jot of pain relief I cannot describe how excruciatingly painful this is.

I was bleeding very heavily, they did a quick blood gas to see what my haemoglobin was and it was decided I needed to be taken to surgery, no time for a spinal so had to be put under a GA.

I ended up losing 3 litres of blood and had several transfusions, the surgeon explained to me that my placenta had adhered in several places to the uterus wall, which is why it didn't deliver. He had to remove it in segments.

I went on to have another child, (who was an emergency C-section and a whole other traumatic story!) but they reported after that the placenta wasn't adhered like previously. I still had the PPH though.

I'm sorry I havent got any suggestions for you... Just wanted to commiserate with you on the experience!