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It's very healthy for your baby to delay cord clamping as long as possible
by skrbjc 5y ago
It's very healthy for your baby to delay cord clamping as long as possible
- jorpal 5y agoThanks for the tip! At our hospital the standard of care is delayed cord clamping, although it sounds like they wait only a few minutes, not 15+ minutes. It used to be done in ~<1 minute, I guess, so a few minutes is called delayed now. Do you have a good reference recommending to wait “long as possible”?
- throwntoday 5y agoWait until all the blood has passed through and the cord is white. Baby will likely be a little jaundiced but if you clamp too early they will have low blood levels. Don't let the hospital staff rush you (they will try). Best to let nature run its course IMO. Good luck to you and your partner.
- sersi 5y agoWrite a birth plan, make the doctor or hospital staff read it and confirm with them they read it. We had told the doctor we wanted delayed cord clamping (not the habit in hk), he acknowledged it despite warning us about jaundice (he was old fashioned). Then during the actual delivery, he completely forgot about it and both of us were too sleep deprived to force the issue.
- noveltyaccount 5y agoThis is why having a doula is so valuable. She had a clear head and advocated for us. I caught the baby and never would have asked. But the doula knew the correct time to remind the doctor.
- adolph 5y agoHere is more data on delay in cord clamping. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2020/12/delayed-umbilical-cord-clamping-after-birth https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-op... because the placenta continues to perform gas exchange after delivery, sick and preterm infants are likely to benefit most from additional blood volume derived from continued placental transfusion.
- pkukp9 5y agothere isn't any evidence that delaying cord clamping for longer than 60 seconds gives the baby more benefits than delaying cord clamping for 30-60 seconds
- msrenee 5y agoI feel like someone whose business is freezing cord blood should probably cite some sources when discussing guidelines for delayed cord clamping, which reduces the amount of blood left in the umbilical cord. Honestly, I don't know much about it and you could very well be right, but it seems like a conflict of interest.
- pkukp9 5y agoCheck out the question “ How long should you delay cord clamping?” At https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-you-should-know-about-delayed-cord-clamping-after-birth/ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-you-should-know-abou... :)
- msrenee 5y agoThanks for the reference! Glad to see I was just being overly cynical.
- pkukp9 5y agoAlso we don’t dislike delayed cord clamping - our parents delay for max two mins! :)
- tharne 5y ago> It's very healthy for your baby to delay cord clamping as long as possible Just wanted to echo, this is really, really, important.