What is the experience of pushing your placenta out like? Is it painful? How long does it take?

As the baby is much larger than the placenta is, you won't feel pain pushing the placenta out. The placenta is also soft, squishy and can be pulled out by the gynae. I felt the stitches more because I only used laughing gas and didn't take an epidural. Overall, it's nothing to be freaked out about and something you probably won't even notice.