Worcester and Droitwich Branch
I have noticed that most people don‟t write about the 3rd
stage of labour – delivering the placenta, but I think its worth
noting without going into too much detail. We wanted Oliver
to receive as much blood as possible from the umbilical
cord, so opted for a natural 3rd stage. Once the cord had
stopped pulsing we waited about half an hour but nothing
was happening, so went for the Syntometrine injection to
speed up the process. I didn‟t mind, by this time I had had
enough and just wanted to go and rest/cuddle my baby. At
least Oliver had all the goodness from my placenta.
My blood group is rhesus negative so we had to wait a day
or so for our blood results before we could go home. Eve rything was fine so we took our gorgeous bundle of joy home
and had a little chuckle at how lost he looked in his car seat.
Of course he has now grown out of that one and into his forward facing. It‟s true what they say „they grow up so fast‟!
Susanna Pitt
Cotswold South Branch
Worcester and Droitwich Branch Autumn 2015
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