My experience with mothers doing this was not of early cord clamping but
of physiological 3rd stage. We would have to wait for the lab person to
come so the cord was clamped and cut when they got there and had stopped
pulsating. The blood obviously does not flow (for the collection) as
quick but unless a woman wanted a lotus birth, for retrieving cord
blood cells it is the best of both worlds. Obviously little can be done
if the placenta simply births. The aim is to get the blood from the
placenta not the baby. Once the baby gets what it needs and the cord
stops beating then to my mind it is like donating breast milk;
beautiful, rich; life giving and invaluable to the recipient.
The concept of the blood belonging to the baby it interests me. i agree
absolutely in the case of cord clamping before the cord has stopped
pulsating. But even if we bury the placenta we are returning it to the
earth, if we use placenta/woman/baby blood and use it on a person as we
all die then eventually it will still be returned to the earth.
Belinda
Stephen & Felicity wrote:
I wouldn't contribute my baby's cord blood because that blood belongs
to my baby, and that's where it's going, every last drop until it
stops by itself and the placenta comes away naturally. Cord blood
donation requires early cord clamping which for reasons I probably
don't have to explain to those on this list is not something I would
subject my child to. To my knowledge, cord blood is the best locale
of stem cells, but it's not the ONLY one; there are other methods of
obtaining them. So I can't see any good reason to prematurely
amputate my child from their life source at birth (carrying all the
risks to their health and wellbeing that come with this practice) and
give their cord blood to someone else for their possible health and
wellbeing; it doesn't seem logical to me as a Mother.
----- Original Message ----- From: "brendamanning"
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To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:49 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Cord Blood Donation
I have been asked this & would be very interested to hear others
views. I am fairly sure she means CB donation, not storage of blood
for later use for her children.
"I've been meaning to ask you for a while about cord blood donation
and in
particular why people don't seem to do it. I picked up a brochure from
the
hospital and read it. I think I want to do it since it will otherwise
just
end up in the bin but am just wondering whether others know more about it
and are therefore opting not to do it. Can you tell me what the cons of
doing it are or the possible controversial issues."
With kind regards
Brenda Manning
www.themidwife.com.au
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