what comes first, the placenta or cutting the cord?

[lizzymcfizzy]

just a quick question, do I birth the placenta then my husband cuts the umbilical cord or is it the other way round?

[Taddy]

other way around. pretty sure, well thats what happened with my 2.

[katherine]

during my births, they got my husband to cut the cords, then got me up onto the bed (as i havent birthed on the bed either time) and then the planceta comes.....

dont know if anyone else is different. but two times thats how mine were done

[mum33]

with me it was cut cord first afer baby came out, fixed baby up make sure he was breathing ok (he had to come early, GD) and then i had to push the placenta out.

[stellarella]

It depends on your care provider. I personally like to wait for the placenta to be delivered and the cord to stop pulsating but there are lots of reasons why the cord would need to be cut first.

If you have a managed 3rd stage then it is cut before the placenta is delivered.