We’ve become accustomed to a birthing process whereby the clamping and cutting of the cord takes place almost immediately after birth – sometimes even out of our sight!
However, there is a growing movement towards delayed cord clamping, with the process thought to have wide-ranging benefits; from boosting a baby’s neurodevelopment to even decreasing the child’s risk of anaemia.
In the process of delayed cord clamping, doctors wait until the cord has stopped pulsating or after the placenta has been delivered to clamp and cut.
With more and more mums opting for delayed cord clamping, a page dedicated to the process has built up a legion of followers on Facebook – and it’s got everyone talking this week.
Mum Jillyan Adams has left the internet awestruck, after sharing a photo of her son, baby Noah, still attached to his cord and placenta, with the ‘Optimal Cord Clamping’ page.
“Jillyan, this photo is beautiful and so is your son! Congratulations,” wrote one amazed woman, while another branded the image ‘miraculous’.
Meanwhile, another summed up the conflicted feelings towards the process, writing: “This picture may induce shock at first, but the truth is I wish I had known this to save our children from having low iron [and] stem cells…”
What are your thoughts?
