I wonder if it started off as a twin pregnancy.
Was there some reason the placenta could not be left to come out on it's
own?
Yvette
(not a midwife, just pg with twins & mother of 3)
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] umbilical cord
hello,
i was with a birthing woman yesterday and wanted to share this with the
list and to get everyones feelings on the matter.after waiting for signs
of seperation of the placenta after the birth and following syntocinon iv
i commenced controlled cord traction. After a feeling a little resistance
i then stopped and waited a further few mins. When i re commenced
controlled cord traction the cord came off in my hand ( much to my horror)
this they did not teach in uni. as new graduate in a large hospital i
asked a senior midwife for help so she tried to manually removed the
placenta. The Registrar was then called and she managed to remove the
placenta from the uterus. im told this is quite common what baffles me is
when i examined the placenta there were two holes in it not one. the
senior midwife could not explain this to me at all and was baffled also.
regards sharon
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