Two broad approaches to the management of the third stage of labour are used: active (by using a uterotonic drug) or physiological (also known as “expectant” and omitting the use of a uterotonic drug). These approaches have been described in a consensus statement by the New Zealand College of Midwives [5]. A retrospective cohort study (n = 33,752) which was done in New Zealand (by using the same database which was accessed for this study) [6], which focused on the third stage management of low-risk women, found that 48.1 percent of this group experienced a physiological third stage of labour.