Completely hands off I can see that the cord is transferring oxygenated blood to the baby for longer than 2 minutes, which is what most care providers believe delayed cord clamping is. The image below is 45 seconds post birth, 12 minutes post birth and 23 minutes post birth, retrospectively. You can see that many changes have happened over the course of 23 minutes. If there is no reason to disconnect this important part of the birth process, why not leave it alone? An additional benefit of prolonged delaying cord clamping is that it allows you and your baby time to come back from the wild ride of birth. It is a gentle way to begin this next chapter of life, with your baby on your chest and no one poking and prodding at you unnecessarily. . . . . . . . . . If you’re still questioning my doula-science, here is a video ( fox5sandiego/2014/11/18/new-technology-at-sharp-mary-birch/ ) of a doctor in the USA who is promoting other medical professionals to keep the cord attached by testing a resuscitation board to be used close to mom so they do not have to cut the cord to help baby breathe if needed. (Something many midwives have been doing for years. I am happy the doctors are catching on.)
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:21:03 +0000
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