Comments on: The Deal with Delayed Cord Cutting or “Hey! Doctor! Leave that Cord Alone!”

By: Marion Vipond

Marion Vipond — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:03:58 +0000

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:27:23 +0000

WOW! So much confusing information. I am a New Doula who had worked with a New Mom and went over all of her personal options and choices. She and Dad had decided to leave cord for at least 5 minutes, and put it on the birth plan. When Dr. was delivering Baby she told Mom she could potentially bleed if she left it attached????? Ant the Nurse sad that she would lose nutrients that the baby needs back into the Placenta???? Wow what is correct? And why do we not have something so important known in our Hospitals?

By: can’t you just have a natural birth in a hospital? (part 2) « faith&trust&pixiedust

Mon, 23 May 2011 18:20:37 +0000

[...] was important to us that her cord not be clamped or cut until it was done passing blood between my body and hers. first of all, it doesn’t seem right [...]

By: Laura N

Laura N — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:33:47 +0000

Jaundice is also associated with the use of Pitocin (childbirthsolutions.com). The website it was probably due to the IV though.

By: Mama Kalila

Mama Kalila — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:01:47 +0000

Ok I don’t see her comment on here, but it was emailed to me… From NewMom.. My midwife actually told me that we could delay clamping and still bank or donate cord blood. So yes it does seem that it is possible. Personally we’re only going to delay clamping since banking is too expensive and donating requires delivering in a hospital (and the worst one here no less).

By: newmom

newmom — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:20:12 +0000

Just a reminder that delayed cord cutting and cord blood donation are NOT compatible. If your hospital won’t collect the cord blood, you can register with http://www.cryo-intl.com/ to donate it. I plan to delay cord cutting, and would like to donate the placenta if possible, but I have not been able to find a place to donate the placenta to. (I am having a home birth) If I cannot donate it, I will encapsulate it, as I am at risk for postpartum depression. I would hate to see it go to waste by throwing it out or burying it.

By: hodgkins

hodgkins — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:52:21 +0000

Having overcome non-hodgkins, this was good to see. Thanks for this.

By: Early v Delayed Cord Clamping « Valerie Gommon Midwife’s Blog

Early v Delayed Cord Clamping « Valerie Gommon Midwife’s Blog — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:04:57 +0000

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By: Delayed Cord Clamping « Hypnobabies Blog

Delayed Cord Clamping « Hypnobabies Blog — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:55:30 +0000

[...] is a great post by a L&D nurse about Delayed Cord Clamping, with great resources to check [...]

By: nursingbirth

nursingbirth — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:43:50 +0000

Kathy, I have never heard of anything like that but HOW COOL are those possibilities!! Hopefully they will be possible (if they are not already possible) one day