Your Options for the Third Stage of Labor

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 17 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The third stage of labor starts after your baby is born and ends with birthing the placenta. Even after your beautiful baby is born your uterus will continue to contract. These contractions are generally more mild than the contractions you experience during birth. As your uterus begins to contract and shrink, your placenta will detach from your uterine wall. The blood vessels are closed off, and the placenta is pushed out. You have many options for what interventions are employed during this stage. This includes the timing of clamping the umbilical cord, medications, and physically pulling on the umbilical cord. This episode explains your choices during the third stage of labor and examines the research to give you the information you need to make an informed decision.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about your options for the third stage of labor.
0:19.0	The third stage of labor starts after your baby's born and then ends with birthing the
0:24.0	Blacenta and like anything pregnancy birth related you have options as long as
0:30.1	you know what those options are. So in this episode we're going to explain all of your
0:35.4	choices during the third stage of labor. We're going to examine the research and
0:39.7	evidence so that you have all of the information you need to make an informed decision.
0:46.0	You can find a complete article and all of the resources for this episode at pregnancy
0:51.7	podcast.com slash third stage.
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1:19.0	As I'm sure you can imagine, it takes a tremendous amount of time to dig through research for these
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1:42.6	dot com slash premium even after your beautiful babies born
1:48.2	your uterus is going to continue to contract these contractions should be more mild than the contractions you
1:55.0	to contract. These contractions should be more mild than the contractions you experience during birth,
1:57.0	and as your uterus begins to contract and shrink,
2:00.0	your placenta is going to detach from your uterine wall.
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