Why do I have to have medical intervention to deliver the placenta? - Page 3

libbylou · Mar 21st, 2012, 19:03 PM

I'm in BC and just talking about this with my midwife
It is standard practice BUT I can decline to have it (which I have)
They will have the shot ready anyway and it the placenta is taking too long to come out or if there is a concerning amount of bleeding then they will give it to me (which I have consented to)

jasminejo24 · Mar 22nd, 2012, 14:26 PM

if i were you id tell your midwife/doctor you dont want it and laminate a sign that says "i do not concent to pitocin to deliver my placenta" and stick it on the wall behind your bed that way its plain for all to see and it should scare them into not doing it. check your hospital policy

Lizzie K · Mar 23rd, 2012, 11:19 AM

Just like everyone else said, you don't have to consent. Make sure they know you don't consent to pitocin for delivery of the placenta and if your OH is going to be there, make sure he knows too and will advocate for you. Also anyone else who might be in the delivery room with you. I have already told my husband that his whole purpose of being in the delivery room with me is to keep me calm and to keep the Drs from doing something I don't consent to.

JenluvsDot · Mar 23rd, 2012, 12:13 PM

I work at a midwifery center, and our midwives NEVER make a patient take meds to deliver the placenta. EVER! That is a load of bs. It is your body, and you can refuse. I will say that after the placenta is out, you should think about having in encapsulated. It drastically decreases postpartum depression, and has a lot of other benefits to mom. I was like ewwww when I first heard about it, but then I did some research and spoke to our midwives, and it seems like something worth doing. Good luck!!!

Vicyi · Mar 23rd, 2012, 13:04 PM

I had the injection with my DD although i do not remember either HAVING the injection OR consenting to it. I only know i had it as my Mum told me. With my DS i had it in my birth notes that i wanted it but MW said as everything went so smoothly with the labour i didn't need it. Sure enough it came on its own and everything was fine x

TheyCallMeMom · Mar 26th, 2012, 23:20 PM

With my first two children I had hospital births and it was given in my IV without them even mentioning it. I think that's how it is with most doctors. It was never even discussed with me at any point with either pregnancy or birth.
With this baby we are planning a home birth with midwives. I have been given the option of waiting for the placenta to deliver naturally or getting the shot to help it along. At this point because I experienced a little more bleeding than normal with my second child I am leaning towards getting the shot just to make sure that everything stays going smoothly and to prevent a hospital transfer after the birth.

monkeypooh · Mar 28th, 2012, 15:34 PM

Great info ladies, thank you so much. Answers a lot of my questions.

Kess · Apr 2nd, 2012, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by libbylou

I'm in BC and just talking about this with my midwife
It is standard practice BUT I can decline to have it (which I have)
They will have the shot ready anyway and it the placenta is taking too long to come out or if there is a concerning amount of bleeding then they will give it to me (which I have consented to)

Just something to consider - make them get your consent at the time before they give the injection, or have a specific amount of time or bleeding that triggers your pre-given consent. The problem with "too long" or "too much bleeding" is they are so totally subjective, a HCP could give the injection after five minutes and say that was "too long" in their opinion, for example. They could give the injection for whatever reason they want, and then if challenged they could say retrospectively that they felt there was too much bleeding. If you're opting to do something different to normal practice, you can't safely leave the decision up to the judgement of the HCP who normally do something different to what you want.

flipflopfan · Apr 2nd, 2012, 02:04 AM

They might try to scare you into taking the shot, but most of the time the placenta will come out quickly and easily if you let gravity do its job. Get in a seated or standing position soon after giving birth and it'll probably come right out. If it still hasn't come out after allowing gravity to do its thing for an hour then I would consent to the shot, but that's just my opinion. I would make sure I put whatever I'm comfortable with in writing to my midwife prior to birth so she understands what I've consented to--that way she's much more likely to accept what I've chosen instead of using different tactics to get me to do it differently in the moment.

Lozdi · Apr 23rd, 2012, 10:41 AM

I've never had that shot, and I have given birth twice. I like in the UK and was pleasantly surprised at the birth of my first when the midwife looking after me gave me a warm jasmine compress to help the placenta come away! It worked too!

Second birth was very fast and the placenta came out the same way as baby did- swiftly and with no need for anything!

I'm looking to have a home water birth with this one, and leaning towards a lotus birth and if anything, I would use a Jasmine compress again for the placenta.

I am open to the idea of the shot if I am bleeding too badly, as I am on low dose asprin and although I will stop that a few weeks before EDD, I would rather have a shot ready just incase I bleed too much!

Mar 21st, 2012, 19:03 PM	#21
libbylou Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 2,357	I'm in BC and just talking about this with my midwife It is standard practice BUT I can decline to have it (which I have) They will have the shot ready anyway and it the placenta is taking too long to come out or if there is a concerning amount of bleeding then they will give it to me (which I have consented to)

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Mar 22nd, 2012, 14:26 PM	#22
jasminejo24 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: the west midlands worcestershire Posts: 391	if i were you id tell your midwife/doctor you dont want it and laminate a sign that says "i do not concent to pitocin to deliver my placenta" and stick it on the wall behind your bed that way its plain for all to see and it should scare them into not doing it. check your hospital policy

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Mar 23rd, 2012, 11:19 AM	#23
Lizzie K Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Louisville Posts: 487	Just like everyone else said, you don't have to consent. Make sure they know you don't consent to pitocin for delivery of the placenta and if your OH is going to be there, make sure he knows too and will advocate for you. Also anyone else who might be in the delivery room with you. I have already told my husband that his whole purpose of being in the delivery room with me is to keep me calm and to keep the Drs from doing something I don't consent to.

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Mar 23rd, 2012, 12:13 PM	#24
JenluvsDot Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Portsmouth, VA Posts: 48	I work at a midwifery center, and our midwives NEVER make a patient take meds to deliver the placenta. EVER! That is a load of bs. It is your body, and you can refuse. I will say that after the placenta is out, you should think about having in encapsulated. It drastically decreases postpartum depression, and has a lot of other benefits to mom. I was like ewwww when I first heard about it, but then I did some research and spoke to our midwives, and it seems like something worth doing. Good luck!!!

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Mar 23rd, 2012, 13:04 PM	#25
Vicyi Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Essex, England Posts: 5,741	I had the injection with my DD although i do not remember either HAVING the injection OR consenting to it. I only know i had it as my Mum told me. With my DS i had it in my birth notes that i wanted it but MW said as everything went so smoothly with the labour i didn't need it. Sure enough it came on its own and everything was fine x

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Mar 26th, 2012, 23:20 PM	#26
TheyCallMeMom Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 151	With my first two children I had hospital births and it was given in my IV without them even mentioning it. I think that's how it is with most doctors. It was never even discussed with me at any point with either pregnancy or birth. With this baby we are planning a home birth with midwives. I have been given the option of waiting for the placenta to deliver naturally or getting the shot to help it along. At this point because I experienced a little more bleeding than normal with my second child I am leaning towards getting the shot just to make sure that everything stays going smoothly and to prevent a hospital transfer after the birth.

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Mar 28th, 2012, 15:34 PM	#27
monkeypooh Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: ottawa Posts: 801	Great info ladies, thank you so much. Answers a lot of my questions.

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Apr 2nd, 2012, 02:04 AM	#29
flipflopfan Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 60	They might try to scare you into taking the shot, but most of the time the placenta will come out quickly and easily if you let gravity do its job. Get in a seated or standing position soon after giving birth and it'll probably come right out. If it still hasn't come out after allowing gravity to do its thing for an hour then I would consent to the shot, but that's just my opinion. I would make sure I put whatever I'm comfortable with in writing to my midwife prior to birth so she understands what I've consented to--that way she's much more likely to accept what I've chosen instead of using different tactics to get me to do it differently in the moment.

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Apr 23rd, 2012, 10:41 AM	#30
Lozdi Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 2,836	I've never had that shot, and I have given birth twice. I like in the UK and was pleasantly surprised at the birth of my first when the midwife looking after me gave me a warm jasmine compress to help the placenta come away! It worked too! Second birth was very fast and the placenta came out the same way as baby did- swiftly and with no need for anything! I'm looking to have a home water birth with this one, and leaning towards a lotus birth and if anything, I would use a Jasmine compress again for the placenta. I am open to the idea of the shot if I am bleeding too badly, as I am on low dose asprin and although I will stop that a few weeks before EDD, I would rather have a shot ready just incase I bleed too much!

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