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> The midwives in my area (Ontario Canada) recommend an herbal bath for both
> mom and baby after the birth. I attribute the herbs in the bath for the
> umbilical cord's rapid healing and dropping off: 3 days after the home
> births vs 3 weeks after the hospital births.Sheila Stubbs
> www.birthingtheeasyway.com


I have had my babies' cords fall off at 6 days for my first and 4 days for
my other 2 children.  My friend's kids all took 3 weeks and she was told to
put alcohol on her cord stumps to clean them daily and I always attributed
it to that...alcohol was "preserving" the cord stumps more than anything
else I thought.  Mine got smelly but detached fine, early on.

Fio

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