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Princess_Bubs 
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 4:21pm |
Hi ladies,
When I was researching wether to bank cord blood or not, I came across a fair amount of information about when the cord should be clamped after birth.
I just wondered what your experiences have been or what you are planning to do ?
My MW said it's standard to clamp it 1-3 mins after birth, is this standard ?
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Kellz
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 4:34pm |
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I think it is standard. Have read into leaving the cord until it has stopped pulsating to reduce blood loss for mother and baby. Dont know much about it, but do know a few people who have had lotus births- where the placenta and cord and left attached til baby til the cord shrivels up and falls off.
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 7:19pm |
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The cord snapped in my DS's birth so had no choice either way!
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 7:27pm |
There is some evidence it can be good for bub to wait - and none that i've seen to suggest its harmful. I *think* it can't be done if you are bleeding too much and they want to administer synto. I didn't do it with DD1 cos I had managed 3rd stage after a really long labour. Second time round we did it, its only a few minutes really. Regardless of everything else it was nice to have several minutes just to focus entirely on baby before MW and DH got in close to cut the cord.
Honestly, i wasn't hugely convinced of the benefits but figured it wouldn't hurt. in hindsight i'm glad i did
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 8:22pm |
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we'd like to leave the cord til it stops pulsating but didnt get the choice with birth #1 and won't with #2 either. one of the reasons we decided against cord blood banking was having to clamp it straight away to take the blood and we wanted it to be left for a bit
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Posted: 06 February 2012 at 6:06pm |
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I am sure I have read about a mum or did not have the cord cut; the placenta was carried around in its own little pouch along with baby until it was ready to drop off itself. I recall that she reckoned it had many positive effects on the wellbeing of her baby.
Not my bag personally....
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Posted: 06 February 2012 at 10:23pm |
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We waited until the cord stopped pulsing, apparently it pumps a few goodies through, but there are always two sides to everything :) Can't say I would be too keen on waiting for it all to shrivel up and fall off...
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Posted: 07 February 2012 at 11:05am |
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This time we waited til it stopped pulsing and it was nice to have a bit of extra time with DD2. It was the first time I'd really had a chance to look at the cord and feel it!
Yeah, Lotus birth isn't my thing either.
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Posted: 07 February 2012 at 11:07am |
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Oh and it took longer to stop pulsing than I expected, at least 5 min (probably longer as I wasn't watching the clock).
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Posted: 07 February 2012 at 11:25am |
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We left them for a while - actually with a very similar vein of thought to T_rex; that it can't hurt and lots of people say its a good thing (rather than having done a lot of research - I like to look into stuff but you've only got so much time and this wasn't a biggie for me). We couldn't wait till they stopped pulsing because we needed to take cord bloods for some tests, but I figured why not leave it as long as we could before then.
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Posted: 09 February 2012 at 12:24am |
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If you are truly interested and want to learn more about delayed cord clamping and its benefits then take the time to watch this: http://academicobgyn.com/?p=922&preview=true
it is rather long but it is well worth it.
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Clamping of the cord?
