This page links to all of the placental birth resources on this site. So that’s posts about the birth of the placenta, the management (or not) of the third stage of labour and other ideas relating to placentas.
I became interested in this area early on in my midwifery career, and I first wrote about this topic twenty years ago (in the ‘Further thoughts on the third stage’ article, which is linked below). My interest continued as part of my work on anti-D, and I went on to co-author two editions of Birthing Your Placenta with Nadine Edwards, which you can also see below.
A revelation that every birth worker needs to know about gravity and placental transfusion
Update to the Cochrane review on approaches to the birth of the placenta
And here’s what I have on the consumption of placentas, as it’s something we get asked about a lot…
How you can find out more
I remain really interested in this topic. Our book is one of the key sources in this area. I often share placenta and third-stage related research in our free newsletter list, and it’s a topic we frequently discuss in our online courses.
Hi Sara,
I thought I would leave a comment after reading the 2018 edition of your book “Birthing Your Placenta – the third stage”. In it you mention that tranexamic acid is not currently being used in the third stage of labour except in research studies around the world but I was given it in 2017. In the book you don’t examine the effects of TA any further but if you have any information I would really like to know what effects it has. I was unaware of the effects of some of the other drugs used in the third stage and have found the rest of the book very useful.
Anna