Hello,

Thought some of you might find this interesting. Waiting until the cord had stopped pulsating was one of the things on our birth plan last time.

http://www.bubhub.com.au/info/articles/cordblood/delayed_cord_clamping.shtml

Ruth xx

PS I know it is a bit early to be thinking about births (shudder) etc but if I don't post this now I'll forget!!

Good article. I think I might consider this as no 2 had difficulty breastfeeding after the birth as he was too tired. This might help if the situation occurs again x x

i will be doing this, i also didnt have my hubby cut the cord as it kinda grosses me out.

i never really understood why they did it so fast anyway, if it doesnt 'need' to be done then i think we'll delay it and see how it goes.