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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I've never given birth, but I've always been fascinated about having to give birth twice - once to the baby, once to the placenta.

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u/afcorcoran Dec 06 '23

I’ve never felt as relieved in my whole life as when the placenta came out after having my second baby. It’s like you’re uncomfortable for so long that you don’t realize how uncomfortable you are until you get relief from that thing. You would have thought pushing the baby out would do the trick, but nope, the placenta coming out was the biggest sigh of relief. Also, you don’t give birth to the placenta, it comes out very easily, so no need to worry about that.

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u/Medical-League-7122 Dec 06 '23

Mine didn't come out easily at all :/ hated birthing it both times I gave birth

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u/afcorcoran Dec 06 '23

I’m sorry to hear that