Delayed Cord Clamping after birth. Will you?

[bunchoffives]

I wasn't aware of the benefits of this, but it seems so sensible when you think about it.

The transition to breathing for themselves after birth must take babies a bit longer than the 20 seconds or so babies are often given after delivery before the cord is clamped. Their little lungs have to inflate and their blood pressure adjust. It seems so much more sensible to just wait a few minutes.
Apparently it used to be common practice to wait.

www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=5730

Viva, thank you for that. My current MW has advised me to have a physiological third stage as I had to have an MROP last time. Does that sound right to you? Would I be better off having the injection straight away? Perfectly happy with the idea of DDC and physiological 3rd stage, but I just want to do anything I can to avoid another MROP.

TIA

(and sorry for the hijack)

DCC, I mean.

amanda we do dcc until the cord stops pulsating. We were told by our boss to delay for a minute but I think in practice most people will wait for the cord to stop pulsating, so normally a couple of minutes.

robot yes, if you're not high risk for a post partum haemorrhage then have a physiological third stage. Put baby to the breast (even if not actually attached and feeding) as it'll help with your oxytocin and help the placenta to separate.

I asked for this but was swiftly told no, the cord was too short and that was it

Thanks again. Do you know of anything else that might help aside from BFing? MW mentioned getting into an upright position and catheterisation if appropriate. How long is it safe to wait for the placenta to come out by itself (assuming I'm not bleeding)

Thanks again. I'm very anxious about all this.

Yes, being upright so even sitting is fine. Empty bladder if it doesn't come after a bit. I think we say 30 mins where I work, then we'd start thinking about giving the injection.