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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:10:48 EST
From: "Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Cutting the Cord
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Please remember, an infant placed on his/her mother's abdomen after birth is
HIGHER than the placenta and uterus.
Not if the woman is squatting. David, MD, MPH, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
The blood will drain away from the
infant causing anemia - which is why most OBs cut the cord so quickly. In
order for the "natural" process to occur, the infant and placenta must be
level. Kathy D : is there any cross cultural or historic data on cord cutting
rituals?
Nancy Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC
Noenatology
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