delivering the placenta

[MummyToToby]

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?

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

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.

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