tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446633953929617661.post2628059896749006204..comments2022-12-04T04:13:24.665-06:00Comments on Giving Birth Naturally: ACOG Revises Opinion on Cord Blood BankingCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116883107350479517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446633953929617661.post-8638204694213771782011-06-16T06:18:49.936-05:002011-06-16T06:18:49.936-05:00Yes, cord blood collection for banking is possible...Yes, cord blood collection for banking is possible with delayed clamping, but it's not easy. What is not possible is a physiologic third stage. What a mother needs during third stage is peace and calm and privacy. She does not need to climb half out of her birth tub or to have a midwife or doctor between her legs trying to milk blood out of the umbilical cord. Disturbing the mother puts her at increased risk of post partum hemorrhage. <br />Elizabeth Allemann, MD Former home birth physicianElizabeth Allemannhttp://www.drallemann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446633953929617661.post-6565766188617818612008-04-09T21:30:00.000-05:002008-04-09T21:30:00.000-05:00Delayed cord clamping is still possible, even when...Delayed cord clamping is still possible, even when banking cord blood.<BR/><BR/>There is still enough blood left in the placenta to donate.<BR/><BR/>I completely agree that giving your baby the best start possible is the preferred route, especially when both procedures can be safely combined for the optimal results.<BR/><BR/>Why compromise their immediate health and acclimation to the outside world on the basis of conjecture?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116883107350479517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446633953929617661.post-51909535304989067212008-04-09T17:19:00.000-05:002008-04-09T17:19:00.000-05:00What I wonder is what goes on between the second a...What I wonder is what goes on between the second and third stage of labor when a family wants to bank the cord blood. Do they clamp the cord as soon as they see it in order to keep as much blood in the cord to bank? If so, would it be better for you baby to allow all of those nutrients to go to them at the time of birth, so that they CAN use them and it not be a "just in case you need them"? <BR/><BR/>My point is, you shouldn't clamp the cord too soon because the baby is still using it to obtain oxygen. When you clamp it too soon, it's cuts off his/her supply and causes them to gasp and scream for oxygen in the air. Let the baby acclimate a little. He/She is in a whole new world.Ruth Phyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278964670324935540noreply@blogger.com