Date:    Fri, 1 Jan 1999 07:23:00 -0600
>From:    Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: nasal aspirators
>
 And of course they are always so damn
>quick to
>cut the umbilical cord that they *must* get the baby breathing right
>away.
>Sigh.  Would someone please explain to me why the umbilical cord is
>cut so
>quickly.

Aloha,
I expect we'll be seeing this quite often for the harvesting of cord
blood.  I got into a long discussion with a local hospital rep on this
topic at a baby expo last year.  I am sure that if someone in my family
was in the position to benefit from such a procedure, I'd be very, very
thankful to the donors; however,  the cord has never been cut on any of
my babies till the pulsing has stopped.  I feel there is a very good
reason  that they get "every last drop."

Just my .02.

Happy New Year to all!


Aloha,
Gloria Thai  Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i  located 20 degrees North of the
Equator