Has anyone decided on delayed cord clamping?
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@Anna Mae so interesting, I love it! I need to read more about this im really interested. My first baby was an emergency c section and we didn’t do any of this but I’m definitely considering for this baby!
I will be doing delayed cord clamping again like I did with my first. I haven’t decided what to do with my placenta this time yet; I had it encapsulated with my daughter and it was great, so I’m considering doing it again.
@Melea that’s awesome! What are the benefits of the supplement?
Yes I'm going to do delayed cord clamping and I want to encapsulate my placenta but the place I looked at was $500 to do it...and I'd rather save that money for the baby.
@Amber yikes that’s expensive!
See I want to do this but not sure how to mention it to the ob because I'm already "high risk" and live in a crappy small town so I'm just worried my ob would say that's not something they do in the hospital or something like that.
@Erika I’m high risk to and I googled it and what I didn’t like was the increased chance for jaundice, my 1st baby had that and had to do 3 days of light therapy in NICU. Also more increased hemorrhaging for mother and I lost too much blood already during the emergency c section. So I’m thinking this is something that’s not a good fit for me unfortunately.
Every hospital/provider seems to have a diff definition of delayed cord clamping. Sometimes it's as short as 30 seconds. I'm specifically asking for no cord tension and to only clamp/cut after the cord stops pulsating. Also only light palpations of my abdomen. I had a rare complication last time with my placenta that we really want to avoid
@Ashley so this is the service I used with my daughter for my placenta encapsulation and she was fantastic! Thankfully not as expensive as $500, closer to $250, but she does have different package options based on what you need/are interested in and how far away you’re located from her. https://www.placentaencapsulationservices.com/benefits/ We moved states though, which is why I haven’t decided what I’m doing this time yet. The benefits can include a more balanced mood and hormones, abundant milk supply, better sleep, more energy, quicker healing process, etc. I definitely believe it helped me with all of those!
@Melea thank you so much for sharing this information! I need all those things! Lol I appreciate it!
@Lindsey ahh okay that’s what I read online too. So you can only have it longer if is like a home birth or something?
@Ashley you’re welcome! :) I have heard some rare reports of women not responding well to it, or of it affecting them negatively, but those seem to be rare and they got better when they stopped taking the placenta pills. The majority definitely said it seemed to help them with all those things listed above though!
@Ashley no, it's possible at hospitals. But you'd have to initiate the conversations now with your care team. I present my birth preferences on paper and go line by line with each doctor in the group so they understand each detail and they can also help me reword it to make it clearer. Last pregnancy I revised the wording about 4 times over the course of weeks 25-36. Then they entered my document into the system so that the nursing team had it as soon as we checked in printed on my room door. Also, I haven't seen cord blood banking mentioned in the thread yet, which is another option. I chose not to do it, but I want to throw it out there in case you hadn't considered it. The company and procedures would be also listed on your birth preferences.
Thank you both for going into detail and explaining. This helps a lot!! Appreciate you guys!
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Oh boy, another thing for me to google! I haven’t even heard of delayed cord clamping!
I did delayed cord clamping with my 2nd child which was also a C-section. My doctor delayed for 2 minutes. He told me when he clamped and why he had to do it at that moment.
@Melanie that’s great to know, thank you!
@Erika look up your hospital’s policy. If it’s not their policy then you are within your rights to do whatever you wish with your placenta your body worked so hard to make it!
@Ashley my 2 other kids have had Jaundice. A few days near a window but out of the direct sunlight and they were both good. I'm honestly surprised they didn't keep my daughter in NICU she was premature by a week and very jaundiced but all good.
Well I tried to look up hospital policy and ended up finding a birth plan print out that mentioned delayed cord clamping. But nothing about placenta...
@Erika thanks for looking into it! I’ll research to and see what I can come up with.
I’m planning a home birth and want to opt for a lotus birth this go round if it’s possible….delayed chord clamping at the very least! I’m planning to encapsulate my placenta again as well and take it as a supplement.