There is an excellent talk on this topic by Dr. Nicholas Fogelson, an
OB/GYN, which is available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-zD8jKne0 (it's in 4 parts, the next one
should pop up to the right of the one you're watching).

He addresses many of the myths related to delayed cord clamping (such as
the baby needing to be at a certain level, or concerns for causing
jaundice) and why cord clamping matters - for both term infants and preterm
infants. He makes extensive use of the published evidence to back this up.
I recommend it for anyone with questions about the whys and hows of delayed
cord clamping.

Rebecca Costello, IBCLC MPH CD



>>Private practice midwives do this. But when I talk to hosp.RNs about that
practice they are uniformly horrified.
They insist that the baby must be kept on the same level plain as the
placenta until the cord is clamped. Therefor, babe cannot be placed up on
mom's chest because babe is above the placenta and babe will lose blood
thru the cord.
By the same token, if babe is placed below the placenta, babe will receive
too much blood and all kinds of bad things will happen to babe with too
much blood, too many RBCs; they'll get jaundiced.
My Logic alarms are going off with this one.
It's sounding like an Urban Myth to me because they can't tell me why or
back up their statements.
What's up with this?
Phyllis<<

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