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Ep 19 The Forgotten 3rd Stage of Labor
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Many of us are taught to think of birth being "finished" once the baby comes out. Not many people understand the 3rd stage of labor or how to continue advocating for yourself in this stage. As a doula, I see most of the hospital trauma in this stage. The baby is separated from mom, the cord is cut entirely too soon, the placenta is yanked out of mom, and the dreadful aggressive and completely unnecessary fundal massage. The placenta birth is triggered by the same hormone cocktail that your baby is birthed with. Oxytocin. Continue the oxytocin flow through the birth of the placenta and honor that mom's postpartum bond with baby. These are things that should be taught more in both hospital AND home birth. Talk to your birth team. Make sure they are on the same page as you for your ENTIRE labor including the 3rd stage.
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