Re: Amy's OB (also: Woof! : )

From: Daye (daye_at_australia.edu)
Date: 01/30/05


Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:56:51 +1100

On 28 Jan 2005 13:52:26 -0700, Larry McMahan
<mcmahan@spike.cup.hp.com> wrote:

>Aha, but I'll wager that at no point in the instructions they give you
>does it say they will NOT clamp and cut the cord early. I tell you
>what. Go back to your OB and ask if they will still do collection if
>you demand that the cord not be clamped until the placenta delivers.

In Australia or rather at the hospital where I had both of my
children, they wait until cord stops pulsating before the harvest.

I cannot speak for other hospitals or OBs.

--
Daye
Mommy to DD3 and DS1
Chump Change for Major Change
http://www.change4change.tk


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