Posts Tagged ‘umbilical cord’
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Umbilical cord care basics
Every new mother will have to deal with an umbilical cord stump until it falls off, unless of course they are having a lotus birth, in which case they’ll have the entire cord and placenta to care for. If you are wondering how to care for your newborn’s umbilical cord stump, here are some dos and don’ts. For those who are planning an unassisted homebirth, we’ll discuss when, how and where to cut the umbilical cord as well.
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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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Clamping the umbilical cord – is it necessary?
The third stage of labor, after your baby has been born, is an important part of the birth process. For women who birth in hospitals, the third stages usually begins with clamping and then cutting the umbilical cord that attaches your baby to its placenta. There is a lot of evidence that suggests this premature cord clamping is harmful, and that a delay in the clamping and severing of the cord has a range of benefits. But is clamping the cord a necessity at all?
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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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