I wasn't aware of the jaundice thing. I have 5 kids and None of mine were delayed cord clamping and none had jaundice. Cool info tho

I was planning on it during my last pregnancy, but my daughter has a short cord and couldn't reach all the way up.

My only kid who didn't get delayed clamping, had jaundice. :)

The rest we actually cut the cord after I delivered the placenta, home births are so awesome and relaxing, no one rushing to take baby, etc. Just hung out til it was time, then my hubby would cut the cord.

We did with our 1st and will again. Our baby had slight jaundice but we didn't need the light. My sister-in-law didn't and her baby had to go under lights for the first few days. So not sure if it's really cause and effect. The benefits definitely are great with no real drawback.

We've done it with all 3 before. No reason not to. Midwives & more naturally-minded docs do this standard.

I wanted to do it last time but my doctor told me that he would flat out refuse to do it because the 3 to 4 minutes that it took for them to cut the cord after delivery was enough to benefit baby and that delaying it longer can cause babies blood to flow back into the placenta and cause health issues. Once he denied my request I didn't even look into it further to see how often that occurs. I think that it's a pretty divided subject. But since that was the only thing that my doctor denied me I didn't make an issue out of it and baby ended up perfectly healthy

It's the best thing for the baby if medically possible! I got to watch my daughter's cord pulse away and then when it stopped, my husband and 7 yr old daughter cut the cord! It gives the most oxygen/nutrients to the baby which can be really good for those that might struggle with breathing. My daughter didn't cry until after that because when they still are attached to the uterus they're getting all the oxygen/nutrients they need! If its not absolutely medically necessary, hold your baby attached to you until the cord stops pulsing :).

The comment about increased jaundice- my oldest had her cord pulled too hard and cut right away and she had terrible jaundice! I also had pieces of placenta still attached in me! My youngest, delayed cord-clamping, birth in water NO jaundice. I guess it's a matter of the bilirubin levels. I know that increase in stress for the baby during labor and birth contributes to higher bilirubin levels (jaundice).

We did it with our first and planning on doing it again. Semi standard procedure at our hospital but I still put it in my birth plan and talked with my midwives about it.

To the person that talked about the increased jaundice risk. I've read some on that also. I don't know all the info but I think I read something that talked about delaying for like 1minute gets the baby a big percentage of extra blood and stem cells without the jaundice risk. It was something like delaying 3minutes had the severely increased risk. I guess because it is too hard in the baby's liver to process all the extra cells maybe? Anyway, it's definitely worth talking to your doctor about. If you were considering banking stem cells or cord blood, you can't do delayed clamping and storage. You have to choose which benefits you prefer.

It's like Emmaof2 said, a lot of the blood that the baby had while in the uterus is still in the placenta/cord when the baby is born. Delaying clamping just means giving that blood a chance to finish going back into the baby and only afterwards cutting the cord. Benefits include increased blood volume, lowered risk of iron deficiency and i think also a higher number of immunity cells. I also read that it can possibly lower the risk of postpartum hemorrhage in the mother. Good stuff :)

I did it with my first birth and am planning to do it again this time. I don't have what to compare it to, but the benefits seem pretty clear to me without real downside, so why not?

My midwives do that automatically.

I'm in California and it's standard procedure for the hospital where I delivered my first (and will be delivering my second there too). I think many OBs are starting to do it as well.

I've looked into it and am thinking about asking my midwife about it I think the only negative is a higher possibility of jaundice if you do it. Im not sure why.

I did it with my last baby, and will be doing it again. It's becoming common again as more research comes out with the benefits. Apparently up to 1/3 of the babies blood may be in the cord after birth. It protects the baby against anemia, and gives the baby a boost of stem cells. There's a lot of new research out there you can look into further.

I've wanted to do it with both pregnancies but couldn't with a c-section or with the baby with a heart condition. Hoping to this last time. Honestly I'm so tired so I'm blanking on why it's better. But if I remember correctly, it gets the hemoglobin up and iron stores up. I do believe it's better if you're able to do it, even if you don't believe that, I don't think there are any negatives to doing it.

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