A Childbirth Post: Delayed Cord Clamping

In a typical birth, (hospital, OB/GYN, Pitocin, epidural, assisted delivery) a common procedure is immediate clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord. We’ve been doing this as a normal practice for many decades.

In “natural” childbirth (no medical interventions, in or out of a hospital), parents tell the care providers to wait a few minutes before clamping and cutting the cord. We tell them to wait until the cord stops pulsating, which is an indication that all the blood has gone into the ba...