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This website is under development. However we would like for you to be able to read some professional articles related to umbilical cord clamping in the meantime.
We believe that every baby has a right to his or her own cord blood at birth and that the baby's cord blood should be in the baby and not in the freezer or the trash! Check out the Publications and FAQ pages before you decide whether or not to harvest cord blood. These publications present the recent evidence about delayed cord clamping and babies health, and practices to help make a birth as normal and gentle as possible for the baby.
You will, however, need to prepare yourself for birth and find a provider who also believes in delayed cord clamping. You cannot just mention it once in the office and assume that your baby's cord clamping will be delayed (More on that later). Happy and informed reading!
-Judith S. Mercer, PhD, CNM, FACNM