Posts Tagged ‘delayed cord clamping’
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Immediate vs delayed cord clamping – a visual comparison
Delayed cord clamping, more accurately term physiological cord clamping, is something I’ve written about before. One of the major benefits of leaving a baby attached to the placenta until the cord has stopped pulsating is that he or she will then have access to all of its blood. Waiting for only two minutes to cut the umbilical cord has been shown to result in higher iron levels in the baby, and therewith a lower risk of anemia. Enough said – I’d like to share some very interesting pictures comparing what a placenta looks like following immediate cord clamping, and later cord clamping.
Can you guess which picture is which? :)
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British OB questions premature cord clamping
I was pleased to read an article by a UK obstetrician about the need to avoid premature cord clamping after birth in the British Medical Journal this week. The retired OB, Dr David Hutchon, asks a lot of relevant questions in this article. Why is it still common practice to clamp babies’ umbilical cords immediately after birth in hospitals across the Western world, despite the fact that the World Health Organization recommends against this practice? The evidence relating to the benefits of physiological cord clamping is available, so why do so many doctors and even midwives still cut and clamp umbilical cords prematurely? The answer could found in medical school textbook, Dr Hutchon points out.
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Wharton’s jelly – the natural umbilical cord clamp
Are you wondering what happens to the umbilical cord after a baby is born? And how about the blood flow from the placenta to the baby, and vice versa? Anyone who has ever watched a medical soap on the television has seen that current medical practice supports clamping a newborn’s umbilical cord immediately upon birth, and then cutting it. But nature has taken care of this part of childbirth in an extremely clever and fascinating way already. It’s called Wharton’s jelly, and it is essentially nature’s own umbilical cord clamp.
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Benefits of delayed cord clamping
No matter where you choose to birth, you probably get some say about when your baby’s umbilical cord is clamped. In a traditional hospital birth, the umbilical cord is clamped immediately after birth. What are the benefits of not clamping and cutting the cord right away, and what are the reasons not to sever the umbilical cord in the first moments after birth? Read the rest of this entry »
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Questions nobody should forget to ask a homebirth midwife
When you meet a great homebirth midwife you get on well with, it is easy to think that she will be your perfect birth attendant, and that she will help you achieve your dream birth. But just because you want a homebirth, and she can give you one, does not mean that you are necessarily on the same page. This is a list of questions I believe no woman should forget to ask a homebirth midwife before hiring her.
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