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Umbilical cord?

melanie1422melanie1422 member
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Do I need to buy disposables to use until the umbilical cord stump falls off? This is my first baby so I've no experience with that part. I'd like to start cloth right away but I'm nervous...

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Re: Umbilical cord?

  • Brandiewine11Brandiewine11 member
    No, you don't have too. We used either prefolds that were easy to fold so it didn't rub, or a few fitteds/AIO's with the snap down rise for the cord. There were no problems with that.
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  • joyfultrexjoyfultrex member
    I had to use disposables for about a day when DS cord got infected. But, I also didn't have newborn size diapers. I was using small GMD prefolds on a preemie sized kid. So if you have newborn diapers I don't think it would be a problem at all. 
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  • emsrdh03emsrdh03 member
    I used disposables with both kids until the stump fell off. With DS none of mine were low enough so I tried folding them down but they still rubbed. I didn't think it would matter but after awhile it got red and irritated and bled a bit so I stopped until it fell off. With DD I didn't chance it and just waited.
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  • SmallllminSmallllmin member
    For a quick second I thought this was going to be about placenta encapsulation. I don't know why lol.


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  • TJ1979TJ1979 member
    The title is clearly umbilical cord........
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  • SmallllminSmallllmin member
    TJ1979 said:
    The title is clearly umbilical cord........
    Clearly. I guess that's just where my mind took it!

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