36 weeks bloodwork/delayed cord clamping
Yesterday I went to my 36 week checkup. I wasn't dilated or effaced yet. I got the strep b test but I also had blood work done and they said it would be the last time I needed to. I didn't think to ask what it was for at the time. Did anyone else have to have bloodwork? Do you know what it was for? (My glucose test was fine when I took it around 28 weeks and everything else has been fine except for that I had low vitamin D in the first trimester bloodwork but I have been taking vitamin D as directed since then.)
Also I asked my doctor about delayed cord clamping. She said that she usually doesn't do it in term babies because it can increase the risk of jaundice and is only really a benefit to preemies.. However afterward I read that the increase is like a 2% chance and it could have been due to another factor in the study. It is something we really wanted done. We aren't really "hellbent" on anything else except skin to skin contact which they already do and that I want to breastfeed so it's not like we have some huge detailed birth plan. I don't want to be an annoying patient but I think we want to push it being done if everything goes smoothly since it only takes a few minutes. Has anyone done this despite your doctor's recommendations? How did you address it? What did you say?
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