The Star.com carried an article on delayed cutting of cord. It begins wonderfully
“A few more minutes of maternal attachment may give newborns months of significant health benefits, according to a new McMaster University study that urges doctors not to cut umbilical cords immediately after birth.”
It lists all the benefits of this delay, it talks of the relevance of the study and there are these two things that catch my eye…
"It's an intervention that has the potential to have a (positive) impact on a large number of babies and at a very low cost," Hutton said. "This benefits the baby without any real down sides for mom."
It is an intervention..HUH ?!? let me get this straight - the delaying of cutting of the cord is an intervention. With all due respect from where I stand the immediate cutting of the cord is the “INTERVENTION”. Its getting beyond absurd. The intervention to the intervention… or something like that.
So basically Hutton ( bless him ) is saying
don’t rush in and cut the cord.
I think I like that. Also the article concludes; "It's one of those areas where parents can have probably quite a large influence in terms of changing practice."
Hmmmm Interesting …
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