Welcome To The Third Stage of Labour Website

(with information about postpartum haemorrhage)

This website is for you if:

You are interested in making decisions about the third stage of labour (delivering your placenta).

To find out more please go to our Frequently Asked Questions about Third Stage page.

You may also be helped by this website if:

You want to know about the risks of being affected by bleeding after you have given birth or
You have experienced a large blood loss after giving birth (also called a postpartum haemorrhage or PPH) and want to understand what has happened to you.

To find out more please go to our Frequently Asked Questions about Postpartum Haemorrhage page.

This website has been funded by the European Union 5th Framework as part of the Euphrates project for the prevention and management of obstetric haemorrhage.