If you have a C-section, your health care provider will remove the placenta from your uterus during the procedure.

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Your health care provider might massage your lower abdomen to encourage your uterus to contract and expel the placenta.

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Some are convinced but some are not convinced because they've been told: 'If you don't get your uterus removed you will get cancer and die.

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Kegel exercises strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, which support the uterus, bladder and bowel.

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