Re: Sheriff Swanson! 'Greentown's miracle baby' is slipping...

From: Jenrose (jenrose_at_nospamjenrose.com)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:33:44 -0700

"Cathy Weeks" <kathyspam@weeksfamily.net> wrote in message
news:7ae7e34a.0408050921.72cda4f5@posting.google.com...
> "Tori M." <jeffntori@Obliviouslakeland.ws> wrote in message
news:<8eSdndNIFY-pMozcRVn-pw@bright.net>...
>
> > No.. Once a baby is born while some feel that it is wrong to clamp the
cord
> > while it is still pulsating because of the extras it can provide, like
Iron,
> > the placenta is not breathing for the child any longer. While yes some
02
> > will still be in the placenta I am betting that the early clamping was
not
> > the cause of this particular childs problems.
>
> There is no dividing line that says that the placenta is functioning
> at one point, and then no longer at another. Well... when the
> placenta is delivered is a definite moment - it's safe to say that
> it's not functioning then! ;-) It's also safe to say that when the
> cord isn't pulsing, that it's no longer working. But the loss of
> placenta function between birth and the cord no longer pulsing is very
> gradual.
>
> We had planned to have a delayed cord cutting, but my midwives
> recommended against it since I am RH- and my husband is RH+ (and our
> daughter is also +).

All the more reason to leave the cord alone!

> However, they did not cut and clamp until my
> daughter was breathing on her own and pinked up. And, she still wound
> up with jaundice (though not a serious case of it, and a few hours in
> a sunny window took care of it).

Although I don't think that early cord cutting caused my daughter immediate
harm, I'm 100% certain it caused her anemia during her first year. Why?
Because all we had to do to fix the anemia was supplement iron for 1 month.
She was never anemic again. So obviously something happened that kept her
from getting a full, normal supply of iron. Maybe the fact that the cord was
clamped against my will within seconds of her birth?

Jenrose

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