Delayed cord clamping

prettybrwnbish

Anyone have any good info regarding delayed cord clamping/cutting? I read it's very beneficial for baby and also to save the placenta. Any info will help.......just curious. Thanks in advance! 

bananers

No third party info handy, but I looked into this briefly last time and didn't see any super compelling evidence. I have to believe if it were truly that beneficial it would be more mainstream. 

Sekerambo

I don't think it not being mainstream is an indicator of whether or not it is beneficial. The WHO wouldn't recommend delaying at least a minute if there wasn't some evidence that it is beneficial.  The US also seems to be behind when it comes to birthing practices.

ashleyd642

It is now common practice at my hospital, one of the largest in Minnesota. Cord clamping is delayed until the placenta stops pulsating or one to two minutes after birth.

dirtyboots

My husbands cousin  is an emt working towards paramedic and he told me that in  his training they are taught to wait to clamp until after the cord/placenta stops pulsating. He's also located in MN. 

SkiChic626

From what I experienced last time it's pretty "mainstream" for many, they even asked me if we wanted it, not the other way around.  We were planning to do it anyway, and I was glad they were able to do it even with a c-section.  Even if there wasn't much "evidence" yet, I figured it couldn't hurt, so we did it.

bearsandbeets7

I agree with PP, it would probably be a more common practice all around. 

DSMLove

The WHO recommends waiting at least one minute.

https://www.who.int/elena/titles/full_recommendations/cord_clamping/en/

bananers

One minute doesn't seem that long. For all I know the doctor did that with DS. Honestly the whole thing was such a blur. 

prettybrwnbish

Thanks ladies!!!

kiwico14

ashleyd642 said:

It is now common practice at my hospital, one of the largest in Minnesota. Cord clamping is delayed until the placenta stops pulsating or one to two minutes after birth.

This is true at my hospital, too. It seems to be growing as a standard practice. Honestly, once that baby's on your chest, you don't really notice a minute or two of a wait until the cord is clamped--they could have gone 15 minutes and I wouldn't have had a clue! 

bananers

skelly70 said:

ashleyd642 said:

It is now common practice at my hospital, one of the largest in Minnesota. Cord clamping is delayed until the placenta stops pulsating or one to two minutes after birth.

This is true at my hospital, too. It seems to be growing as a standard practice. Honestly, once that baby's on your chest, you don't really notice a minute or two of a wait until the cord is clamped--they could have gone 15 minutes and I wouldn't have had a clue! 

This is so true. I didn't even realize when I delivered the placenta. For some reason I always thought that would be like a second birth. Once that baby is in your arms, nothing else matters. 

ktgoff

I think it's a great practice. From a medical standpoint, clamping the cord right away makes the baby miss out on a fair amount of blood that could be needed in case of emergency where multiple lab tests need to be drawn. It takes very few blood draws for a newborn to lose a critical amount of blood. That cord blood can also tell us very important things about mother and baby if an infection in either party arises. I work in a hospital laboratory and this is how it was explained to us.

prettybrwnbish

Thanks for the info!!! Being an Internal Medicine MA doesn't gv me much help in that area of expertise......