We're hoping to delay a little while, but our doula said to not expect any of the doctors in our hospital delay it by more than 3-5 minutes... and it the chances of delaying it even that long would be low. Just wondering, did anyone else do this?
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I heard that it stops pulsing after a couple of minutes anyways, so that's all that you'll need. I could be wrong though...
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We chose to wait until it stopped pulsing which took a long time (15 minutes). The midwives said it usually doesn't take that long though.
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i heard it's good to delay it for about 45 seconds. unfortunately, our doctor doesn't delay it that long, especially since i'm having a c-section. but she does push back some blood from the cord back to the baby - but only a little since you don't want to flood the baby (can't remember exactly what she said - oversaturate?)...
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My midwife waited until the cord stopped pulsing, im not quite sure how long it took though.
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I've never heard that you're supposed to delay. I feel like it was a couple of minutes before hubby cut the cord... but it's kind of a blur.
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I'd heard about waiting until the cord stops pulsing, but I have no idea when DH cut LO's cord.. Shiz. I really wish I had paid more attention. Definitely will the second time around.
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I didn't even ask my doctor, he just did it.
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We're waiting until the cord stops pulsating to clamp or cut due to the benefits of it =)
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@runsyellowlites: What are the benefits?
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@MrsBrewer: I second this question.
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@MrsBrewer: @Crisark: Sorry for the delay ladies....
The benefits are more about avoiding the possible risks involved with immediate clamping.
1. Baby receives a last minute "transfusion" so to speak where it's blood volume is increased almost 20% in some cases. This gives baby oxygen enriched blood while the lungs are still completely "opening" to work at optimum levels!
2. In some cases it helps prevent hypoxia where baby can actually have damage done to cells tissue & brain b/c it doesn't have all the oxygen it needs... I think this is primarily in pre-term or small babies.
Here's one source I found that covers it briefly
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1949472/
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