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Jason E. Cheng, M.D.
Academic Psychiatry 2009;33:95-95. 0063P
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University of California, San Francisco

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The doctor shows me how to massage the belly forward and provide cord traction with clamps. As the baby cries, the placenta plops into the tub like a spent jellyfish. Mom strokes the back of her fingers against baby’s cheek. I congratulate the couple, clean up, and walk back, squishing, to the locker room.

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