PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for June, 2000: Re: tained Placenta

Re: tained Placenta

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:51:05 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, d wrote: >
>Thanks for the information. I guess I need to check into the mag drip
>some more. My Bradley instructor had thought it may have something to
>do with the retained placenta, but I haven't been able to find out any
>more information about it. If you have any information links, I'd love
>to have them. Thanks again.
>
>At Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
>>
>>Not sure there is much you can do to prevent this from happening.
>>Unfortunately placenta does not always come out on its own. Also,
>>remember you were on mag drip, which can work to relax muscles, even
>>uterus, could have played factor in difficult placental removal. I had
>>difficult removal of placenta with Miss Priss #1, but no problems with
>>#2.
>>

Magnesium, by relaxing the uterus would make it easier to get the placenta out, but would make hemorrhage following the removal more likly and heavier.

RDB

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

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