https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:02:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like/page/2#post-2517615 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:56:40 +0000 Rockies11 2517615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Autumnmama79: I had a VBAC and I have absolutely no recollection of the placenta coming out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like/page/2#post-2517614 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:54:50 +0000 maddyz 2517614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwife told be to cough and tugged it out a little. I wasn't paying too much attention. Didn't really bother me before is was out, but it was nice to feel finished with the whole thing. I also hardly noticed my few stitches because I was holding baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like/page/2#post-2517605 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:46:08 +0000 MsHangry 2517605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a big warm blob and then RELIEF </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like/page/2#post-2517601 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:39:37 +0000 chopsuey 2517601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first time, it felt like I 💩<br /> Didn't feel it the second time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like/page/2#post-2517599 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:38:40 +0000 BelugaBean 2517599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither time hurt near as much as pushing out a baby. With LO1, I had a retained placenta so they kept pushing on my stomach to get it out, in pieces, in order to stop the bleeding. With LO2, I just kind of felt it slide out. I was hemorrhaging so it came out during that episode and maybe is why it didn't feel like much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517578 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:09:44 +0000 pachamama 2517578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: me too! I had an unmedicated very fast labor and delivery. Delivering the placenta didn't hurt at all. It almost felt like a relief. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517554 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:56:21 +0000 wrkbrk 2517554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: You had a med free birth?! WOW I didnt realize!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517551 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:54:33 +0000 wrkbrk 2517551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Autumnmama79: It was absolutely nothing for me. Granted I had an epidural, but I remember the baby was out and my doctor said, now the placenta - don't push! And he just kind of tugged on the cord. That was it! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517507 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:28:44 +0000 MrsB2012 2517507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't notice it either time. The first time I was staring at the baby and I felt a tiny bit of pressure. The Dr said he was just pulling out the placenta when I looked at him. I had no idea he was even doing it. </p> <p>I don't remember the second time at all. I think I might have had a bit of cramping, but I'm not even really sure.</p> <p>I know it felt nice once it was out though. It just felt, 'normal' or something again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517491 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:16:28 +0000 BadgerMom 2517491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hung in there for like a hour. My OB did a lot of pushing on my stomach and tugging on the cord which was not fun at all, but once it detached the actually delivery was nothing, it just kinda squished out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517438 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:26:37 +0000 psw27 2517438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember pain per se but I was super sick of them rubbing my stomach and I finally was like can I just push this thing out really hard? and they said yes. I was so sick of people touching me and bothering me, I just wanted to be done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517429 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:22:25 +0000 JenGirl 2517429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely scratch it off your worry list. I was med free and while I did push and did feel it come out, it didn't hurt. I'm a nerd and they had my son over in a warmer, so I held and looked at the placenta. I was surprised at how heavy it was! But it looked healthy, so that's good. But, really, no big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517414 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:14:02 +0000 Smurfette 2517414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No clue. I didn't feel/push anything. I think it was hours after her birth, maybe a day, before I realized I never felt it come out or anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517403 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:02:00 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2517403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's sucked for me. It wouldn't come, they pushed so hard on my stomach! And I ended up getting a d &amp; c . They just upped my epi dose and put me out. (But I was delivering at 25 weeks...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517362 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:41:57 +0000 mfa_lady 2517362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have a epidural and it was fine. The pushing was annoying because I was tired. I mean, I had just pushed a baby out! And a placenta is far less motivating. :P But it only took one push, at the instruction of my midwife, and it just kind of flopped out. It felt slimy, and I remember saying "That felt big? Is it big?!" and then she showed it to me and told me it weighed almost as much as my daughter. I thought it was weird but then it was over and I never thought about it again. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517358 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:39:39 +0000 kodybear 2517358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for my first, i had an epi so it didn't hurt delivering it, i don't even remember feeling anything. but they pushed on my stomach hard to get it out, for about 5-10 minutes. that part hurt (those drs aren't gentle! hah). For my second, my placenta started to detach during delivery so it came out pretty quickly after. They did do some more stomach pushing to stop the bleeding though, not as bad as my first.</p> <p>Eta- I remember both times it felt so good once it was out! Like didn't feel bloated or whatever that feeling is </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517329 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:18:39 +0000 simplyfelicity 2517329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was just kind of weird...after 3 hours of pushing, I really didn't want to push any more. Delivering the umbilical cord was much weirder tho! It was like linked sausages tumbling out. *shudder* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517315 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:12:44 +0000 RonjaL7 2517315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They pushed on my stomach a lot (which REALLY hurts, like more than anything else). But I don't actually remember delivering the placenta. It was all very much a blur. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517275 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:50:48 +0000 arosebyany 2517275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB pushed on my stomach once and it literally just fell out 😮 It felt squishy lol. Fwiw I had an awesome epi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517274 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:50:47 +0000 delight 2517274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly have no recollection of delivering the placenta. I was so absorbed in DD and holding her that I didn't even notice anything after she came out! I had an Epi for what it's worth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517272 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:50:28 +0000 runnerd 2517272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone talks about delivering the placenta, so a few minutes after the baby was born I asked the doctor if we needed to do that, and she was like "oh it's already out" so for me I had no idea it even happened. I had epidural, maybe that's why? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517268 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:47:54 +0000 Torchwood 2517268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't hurt at all! Though I was distracted. The word I used was burbly, which doesn't make sense but that's how it felt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517263 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:45:00 +0000 MrsBrewer 2517263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yes! I definitely felt like I wasn't done, and I was just so uncomfortable. I remember staring at J, and I remember reading other mom's saying I forgot everything that was going on (birthing the placenta, stitches, etc) because they were so engulfed with the new baby. Ugh not me. Don't get me wrong, she is my everything, but I couldn't get over that uncomfortable feeling and just wanting to be done!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517260 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:44:22 +0000 sslm 2517260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Autumnmama79: I would take this off your list of stuff to worry about!! </p> <p>No epi, maybe 1 or 2 pushes to get it out, if I'm remembering correctly. Didn't hurt even a little :). And even if you're squeamish you should totally ask to see it! I hate stuff like that and I thought it was so cool.</p> <p>ETA: And by pushes I mean small pushes, no contractions or anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517250 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:33:50 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2517250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pushed and the OB kind of tugged and it slid out. I bled quite a bit after that so my memory is pretty fuzzy, but it wasn't difficult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517242 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:29:54 +0000 LAZB 2517242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember it either, I thought it just kind of fell out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517234 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:25:33 +0000 Ms maths 2517234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really remember it. I knew I could do that part because I had already birthed the baby; so all of my fear was gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517227 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:22:48 +0000 Boogs 2517227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a piece of cake! I was too busy making love eyes at baby to notice lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517226 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:21:05 +0000 regberadaisy 2517226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't feel like much. They told me to push and it was out and I didn't even feel it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-the-placenta-like#post-2517223 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:19:19 +0000 Miss Ariel 2517223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't even realize it had happened! </p>