A textbook of obstetrics . kC* :_^ : it Fig. 259.—Credos method of expressing the placenta (photographed from nature 1 11 >ickinson 1. might remain there many hours, perhaps days, it is that artificial assistance is almost always requiredto express the placenta. The placenta is usually expelled likean inverted umbrella, the fetal surface coming first with themembranes trailing after it. It occasionally, however, escapes Abnormalities in the Mechanism of the Third Stage ofLabor.—Retention of the placenta occurs very frequently. placenta is fully separated, the hemorrh
A textbook of obstetrics . kC* :_^ : it Fig. 259.—Credos method of expressing the placenta (photographed from nature 1 11 >ickinson 1. might remain there many hours, perhaps days, it is that artificial assistance is almost always requiredto express the placenta. The placenta is usually expelled likean inverted umbrella, the fetal surface coming first with themembranes trailing after it. It occasionally, however, escapes Abnormalities in the Mechanism of the Third Stage ofLabor.—Retention of the placenta occurs very frequently. placenta is fully separated, the hemorrhage is slight. The MEC1IAX1SM OF THE THIRD STAGE 01 LABOR, 397 placenta simply lies in the dilated lower uterine segment and theupper portion of the vagina. The treatment consists of the proper application of Credes method of expression. Sometimes the placenta lies across the. Fig. 260.—The expulsion of the placenta edgewise (Varnier). os uteri in such a manner that atmospheric pressure determinesits retention. In such cases a finger may be hooked over oneedge to pull it down. Adhesion of the placenta to the uterine wall occurs about-once
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