A review of the 1998 to 2013 US literature using the term “third stage of labor” revealed no studies of attitudes and actions of intrapartum care providers in the United States. To begin to fill this gap, this study’s purpose was to obtain preliminary data for the development of a national study of actions used by US birth attendants during the third stage of labor. The specific aims were to identify a provider-reported list of actions (assessments and interventions) used during the third stage of labor and examine which steps providers believe should almost always be used Without such lists, providers’ actions that may have an. impact may be ignored or, at best, the field will be limited to conducting single-action studies that ignore the potentially complex interrelationships of provider actions during the third stage of labor. The results will contribute to designing a national survey of US providers’ assessments and interventions, which ultimately may be linked to outcomes, thereby suggesting ways to improve the quality of third-stage labor management.