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It is fairly easy to tell if the placenta is presenting first, as I 
learned one morning at 3 a.m. when my barn manager
called me and said, something was wrong, "come quickly"!   I am in my 
sixties, but knew immediately
what it was, yelled for scissors, and began cutting.  It was like 
cutting into a very, thick steak.  I cut through,
felt for nose and feet and by then more help had arrived.  It was 
difficult delivery, but the foal was just fine!
I will never know how I had the courage to do what I had to do, as I 
can't even look at one of my horses
when it is injured.
This is where the caution comes in!  A few years later, a first time 
mare, began delivering in the field, at about
2 p.m.  This time I was called and the bubble was red, quite pronounced 
and protruding about 8 inches.  But
when I touched it, it was soft, like tissue.  The vet arrived and it was 
the bladder coming first!   The vet got the mare
up, let her lie down luckily on a hill with her head down, and was able 
to reposition and gently pushed it in place.
Foal then arrived with normal position.

With red bag you will know it, and you have about a minute to cut 
through the placenta!
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