Birth plans??

[Atsaukina1]

yes the eye goop is to protect against ghonorrea(sp?) and chlamidia.
delayed cord cutting def. a good thing you'd think doc would be pushing this and waiting at least 5 min. seems every bit helps-
Timing of cord clamping

There has been an increasing number of studies published with regards to the timing of cord clamping, including a 16-month study which was published in 2006. You can read more about that study here. It was conducted at Hospital de Gineco Obstetrica in Mexico City, where over 350 mother/baby pairs were part of the study.

This study, consistently with many others, has provided solid evidence of the benefits of delayed clamping. The main benefits being:
•Increased levels of iron
•Lower risk of anaemia
•Fewer transfusions, and
•Fewer incidences of intraventricular haemorrhage.

A two-minute delay in cord clamping increased the child’s iron reserve by 27-47 mg of iron, which is equivalent to 1-2 months of an infant’s iron requirements. This could help to prevent iron deficiency from developing before 6 months of age.

Another study has been released in 2007 from the University of Granada which has similar findings, you can read it here.

While delayed clamping is beneficial for babies across the board, the studies found that the impact of delayed clamping is particularly significant for infants who have low birth weights, are born to iron-deficient mothers, are premature, or those who do not receive baby formula or iron-fortified milk. Given that mother nature provided breastmilk for babies and not formulas, you would think she also supplied that valuable source of iron for a reason too. You may have noticed that formula companies promote iron deficiency rates to sell their products.

The studies have suggested that delayed clamping, for as little as two minutes, should be implemented as standard practice, however this is yet to happen at many hospitals. Some couples choose to leave the cord unclamped until it has stopped pulsating, which could take a few minutes or it could take around twenty – either way, the baby is able to have his or her supply of placental blood.

[Brandles]

I'm loving this thread and all the info!!!

atsaukina1~ thank you for all the great info you posted... I've fwd'd it to a couple friends already!!

[Wanting-a-girl]

The one downside of the cord clamping is that it does increase jaundice.... I took that risk I knew he was gonna get it anyways cause my other 2 sons had it cause I'm rh- Ezra however did have it worse than my other two he ended up in the hospital under the light for a night

[Atsaukina1]

The one downside of the cord clamping is that it does increase jaundice.... I took that risk I knew he was gonna get it anyways cause my other 2 sons had it cause I'm rh- Ezra however did have it worse than my other two he ended up in the hospital under the light for a night

are you saying delayed cord clamping increases jaundice???
or the reg. way hospitals do it?

my good friend just went through some jaudice with her son and docs pushing formula and lights all day and she ignored them and kept nursing(as she should) and nature did it's thing and he is fine.

[aroundtheworld]

Here's a great video of an explanation to delayed cord clamping:

Delayed Cord Clamping Explained

[Atsaukina1]

my mw just shared this video on fb too-
90 Seconds to Change the World: Alan Greene at TEDxBrussels - YouTube
if docs could only have 5min for their "patient"
funny how iron supps are very constipating and foods that contain it naturally aren't at all-
nature rocks

try climbing out of a birthing pool and waddling across the hall to the bedroom with everything still attached haha good times

[Wanting-a-girl]

Waiting to clamp cord can increase jaundice

[Rosie85]

And Jaundice can increase risk of autism. Choose your poison I guess huh?

[Wanting-a-girl]

Yup that's right! Thought him getting his own stem cells was worth the risk considering he is already high risk for jaundice from my rh factor.... Who knows what causes autism I really wish they would hurry up and figure it out.... Ezra didn't get the jaundice too bad at all tho the dr said if we did the blood test 30 mins later he would have been In normal range

[Atsaukina1]

Waiting to clamp cord can increase jaundice

def. think that is misinfo being spread not fact-