Delayed cord clamping?

Question

What does it do? What if you dont do it? I've actually never heard of this till today.

Answer

When the baby comes out they are still getting their nutrients, oxygen, and blood supply from the chord for up to 20 minutes. You can delay it a few minutes to it completely stops pulsing. It’s insanely beneficial for baby to delay clamping/cutting!

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The idea is, that baby gets all the blood from detaching placenta to body. That blood is ritch in good suff for body. Basically most places now do delayed cord clamping with vaginal births, because it has been proven to be more benefitial. 
That also makes baby have a larger blood Volume and makes jaundice more likely. But, jaundice is not a big problem and can be controlled, just that you can expect it if you did delayed clamping.

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The hospital I delivered my first at did delayed cord clamping without me even asking about it. When I talked to my OB about doing it with this one he told me that it's actually becoming a standard practice in most hospitals because the studies have shown a great benefit to babies by just delaying clamping and cutting by 1-3 minutes after delivery.

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I agree with other comments that most hospitals are making this standard (unless there’s a complication with baby/reason not to). My doctor did it without me asking

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The hospital I have birth in does it automatically without being asked.
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