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delivering the placenta

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MummyToToby · 08/04/2006 12:27

this might sound really stupid but can you tear just from delivering the placenta or is it only from delivering the actualy baby that you would tear from?

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notasheep · 08/04/2006 12:50

not sure,but i didnt even feel the placenta coming out,my midwifes hand stopped me tearing when delivering ds

ecofreak · 08/04/2006 13:05

i don't see how you could tear the vagina from delivering the placenta; the placenta is squishy (unlike baby's big head) rarely more than 1kg, usually about half that weight, and that's with a full term 3-4 kg baby.

Pinotmum · 08/04/2006 13:06

I'd have thought any tear would have already happened with delivery of the baby.

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