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re: Cutting the umbilical cord
Posted on 1/28/15 at 5:32 am to sicboy
Posted on 1/28/15 at 5:32 am to sicboy
quote:
Ever hear of this?
Vaguely. Just looked it up. Guess newer research shows it's more beneficial to wait at least 2 minutes to cut cord.
While looking up more info I read about a small percentage of moms who do a "lotus birth". They LEAVE THE BABY ATTACHED to the placenta and let it detach in it's own time(one woman left the baby attached for 6 DAYS and kept the freaking placenta in a bag sprinkled with herbs and flowers)
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Posted on 1/28/15 at 5:33 am to lsunurse
Damn Hippies 
Posted on 1/28/15 at 5:44 am to BRgetthenet
I did it for the first one. After that, I didn't really care.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:03 am to Tigerstudent08
Yep, i cut it. Like others have said, im a huge pussy when it comes to blood. Probably the main reason i don't hunt. However, that day it didn't bother me at all. I cut the cord, even took at the hole in my wife's stomach from the c-section and want affected. The only time i felt bad was when my wife finally gave in and had to get an epidural. I think it was harder for me than it was her. I don't do needles at all.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 6:10 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:11 am to lsunurse
quote:
(one woman left the baby attached for 6 DAYS and kept the freaking placenta in a bag sprinkled with herbs and flowers)
the. actual. frick.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:19 am to Tigerstudent08
Yes, handed me scissors and cut right through it.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:22 am to Tigerstudent08
Did it, no big deal
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:30 am to TbirdSpur2010
Can you imagine the face of relatives when they are about to hold the baby....and then given the placenta bag to hold as well 
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:31 am to lsunurse
My mom was (is) big into natural childbirth, and even she would be properly horrified
That's nasty
That's nasty
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:34 am to TbirdSpur2010
Don't do a google image search of lotus birth like I just did out of curiosity
Some things can not be unseen
Some things can not be unseen
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:35 am to Tigerstudent08
The only thing I've snipped are my balls.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:37 am to GRTiger
quote:
quote: I was honestly surprised how tough that damn cord was. Yep. I grabbed the scissors and went for a quick snip and run, but it took me a second attempt.
me too Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:50 am to Tigerstudent08
No, once his head popped out, I pull him out and the Doc cut and tied.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:55 am to Tigerstudent08
I did it on both of mine.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:06 am to sicboy
quote:They are checking to make sure it all came out. If not, it is really bad for mom.
Wife said they have to test it to make sure it was healthy or not. Guess that would indicate problems with the baby.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:13 am to Tigerstudent08
Cut all 3 of my kids. Looking back now it was pretty cool. Kinda funny it is hard to remember the whole moment but the actual cutting I remember. Almost passed out on my last kid nurse told me go sit down.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:14 am to Tigerstudent08
Couldn't do it with my son because he came out with the cord wrapped around his neck and they rushed him off to the NICU. I was able to cut the cord on my daughter though. It wasn't bad, and I watched my wife give birth to both kids through vaginal delivery. Very interesting to say the least.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 7:14 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:14 am to Tigerstudent08
My oldest was born with breathing problems and the birth was chaotic. Aside from doctor and nurse, they had a second doctor and four nurses at the ready. The OB/GYN is yelling at me to cut the chord, and I could not figure out why, in the chaos. Think he was trying to distract me. Anyway, I cut it, thinking I did some crucial act to help them, and they ran off with the baby to the ICU, and eventually a helicopter.
Two years later, when my second was born, it was a doctor and nurse, and that's it. Calm as could be. I had assumed that the whole process was more chaotic and my role was integral, but it was not.
My son is fine- it was a collapsed lung. Three days in NICU and today he is 15, taller than me, and smarter too, according to him.
Two years later, when my second was born, it was a doctor and nurse, and that's it. Calm as could be. I had assumed that the whole process was more chaotic and my role was integral, but it was not.
My son is fine- it was a collapsed lung. Three days in NICU and today he is 15, taller than me, and smarter too, according to him.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:16 am to USAF Hart
I bet after after seeing the kids come thru you never said I was tearing the poon up again? Am I right?
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:26 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Actually no. I more or less in my head said "no damn way am I ever eating that again!"
Of course time passed and I got over it and eventually dove right back in
Of course time passed and I got over it and eventually dove right back in
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