https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 22:56:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like/page/2#post-1088210 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:04:43 +0000 chopsuey 1088210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time it felt like I had pooped when I pushed it out. 2nd time I didn't feel it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like/page/2#post-1088207 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:55:43 +0000 birdofafeather 1088207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think i remember it taking a bit, but it was after i delivered it that was really lame with my OB having to massage inside and out to get my uterus to start contracting to get smaller. i was losing blood, but not quite enough for a hemorrhage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like/page/2#post-1088166 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:44:49 +0000 Koolbreeze 1088166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a breeze both times. I didn't have to push and it didn't hurt at all.It just plopped out. I thought it felt kind of gross coming out. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like/page/2#post-1088165 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:43:56 +0000 Anagram 1088165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a little push which didnt hurt. But even after it came out, I still wanted to push....like, down there. It was a very weird feeling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088157 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:21:17 +0000 Mrs. Taco 1088157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Ditto. Except I was preoccupied by a sweet little girl :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088141 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:02:20 +0000 sarac 1088141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Non event here. I had a whopping big epidural at that point, so I didn't feel anything the last hour or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088123 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:38:15 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1088123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The doctor just pulled on the cord and it came right out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088122 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:37:05 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1088122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's weird, but I have zero memory of that part. Like others, I do totally remember the pain of the stitches (I remember saying that they hurt more than natural childbirth), but the placenta must have come out really easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088116 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:25:49 +0000 78h2o 1088116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It came out with just a push it two. It was a little painful, but I didn't care at that point. I did ask to see it and the doctor got really excited to explain everything to my mom and I (my Dad and DH passed on seeing it!). It was gross but pretty neat at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088106 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:14:04 +0000 skibobrown 1088106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine just sort of fell out on its own while the doctor was working on stitching me up. The stitching part was pretty uncomfortable, so I was far more focused on that pain and checking out my new daughter than what was going on with my placenta. I wouldn't have even known it came out except that the doctor said "here comes the placenta!". I did have an epidural, so I'm sure I would have felt it if I hadn't been pretty numb down there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088097 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:06:58 +0000 LazyLightning 1088097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The doctor and nurse kneeding my stomach, pushing on it and really firmly yanking. Felt like having my insides stirred up. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088089 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:59:49 +0000 Pink Champagne 1088089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a little push and then I think cherrybee described it perfectly! I remember feeling empty/relieved afterwards, like, "Ahh, now it's REALLY over." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088082 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:55:12 +0000 cascademom 1088082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a quick push when they were stitching me up and cleaning up LO. It only hurt when the nurse pushed on my uterus to start the decreasing process. I hated that postpartum more than anything. It made the after pains worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1088001 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:43:48 +0000 MrsF 1088001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no memory of it. The whole day is so hazy in my mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087926 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:01:58 +0000 Smurfette 1087926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't even remember. I thought about it after that I didn't even notice/feel her taking her out at all. I was holding R and I know she was working in that area but didn't feel anything. I just remember her saying I had a spot that wouldn't stop bleeding so she left some gauze up there for a couple hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087913 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:50:41 +0000 Dandelion 1087913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No big deal either time. Both labors I was so happy that the baby was out, the placenta felt like a piece of cake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087909 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:46:52 +0000 swedishfish 1087909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was busy watching the NICU team check over LO due to meconium in the amniotic fluid so I was preoccupied. It came out quickly though and my OBGYN started my stitches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087905 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:45:14 +0000 Beebug 1087905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awful. It was about an hour/hour and a half of unexpected pushing. I still hadn't held LO, the pain and pushing was awful. Ugh, I kinda forgot about it until now. Hope that doesn't happen again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087894 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:12:13 +0000 matador84 1087894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just remember my ob going, "and here comes the afterbirth!" And it slid right out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087884 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 05:36:07 +0000 Cherrybee 1087884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was WEIRD! They gave me an injection so I didn't have to push, it just plopped out - maybe 5 minutes after DD was born. I've heard that you don't notice it but I totally did, I felt a sharp and yet dull ache around the cervix/up inside area (maybe a contraction?? Maybe the pressure of it sliding through? I don't know) then a "flobobidibop" sensation as it plopped out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087882 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 05:25:17 +0000 Andrea 1087882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I barely remember. After pushing my big babies out, it was a non-event both times for the placenta! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087876 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:57:04 +0000 delight 1087876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Non event here too! I was busy cuddling LO and doctors were busy stitching up. I remember then saying they were going to deliver it but I wasn't even looking. I did<br /> Not have to push I think they just pulled it out. I never even saw what it looked like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087874 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:35:21 +0000 Bao 1087874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was just pulled out? I remember feeling so much relief afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087864 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 01:49:50 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1087864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Painful. It took all of my strength to get LO out and it took a little while to push that thing out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087842 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:04:52 +0000 deerylou 1087842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I barely really noticed it. I was totally awestruck, and loving on DD. My OB asked for a push; I think I gave two, and out it came. I remember it feeling squishy, and that was it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087835 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:57:06 +0000 wonderstruck 1087835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't feel it at all. I had a C-section. :wink: </p> <p>But I made sure they knew beforehand that I wanted there to be zero chance of me accidentally getting a glimpse of it. I'm so squeamish, it's ridiculous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087829 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:52:55 +0000 Arden 1087829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well the OB yanked it out, forcibly, seconds after Vi was born before it had detached and caused a huge bleed (not to mention hurting like hell). He was an ass (and a horrible doctor). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087826 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:47:29 +0000 Ms.Badger 1087826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>is it weird that I don't even remember from 4 months ago? It was so not a big deal after birth. Stitches on the other hand, I remember vividly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087825 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:46:33 +0000 ALV91711 1087825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to give a small push but I didn't feel anything because of the epi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-delivering-your-placenta-like#post-1087816 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:41:41 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1087816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Came maybe 10 minutes later with a small push. It pretty much slipped right out compared to pushing out the baby. It was actually big and awesome. </p>