
The third stage of labour is when the placenta is birthed (usually within 30-60 minutes of the baby being birthed).
Today almost all 'civilised nations' who have women birthing in hospitals manage the third stage of labour with an artificial injection of ocytocin/ Pitocin /Syntocin in Australia). The purpose of this is to encourage the placenta to release from the uterus quickly, in order to prevent the occurrence of a Post Partum Haemorrhage.
In natural birth when this stage takes place w...
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