A question

[aussienic]

I was looking at some pics on my computer the other day and came across this pic of my Nephew. I noticed they had a needle going into his umbilical cord.. I asked my sister (hiya Rach) if she knew what they were doing and she hadn't noticed it before..

Can someone take a look an clear this up for me It bugs me

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[Liz]

Are they taking cord blood?

[aussienic]

Well that was my first thought but Rach said she didn't know anything about it... and I thought you had to give permission for that

Plus it was in Townsville and I don't think they do cord blood donation there....

[Liz]

hmm.. dunno then! hehe. Maybe they stole it for some secret govt experiment

Do they do blood tests or anything with cord blood?

[aussienic]

I did wonder if they were just taking blood to test it for stuff.. I mainly wondered if it was normal practice

[Mother Goose]

They were probably taking blood for cross match (to see what blood group) he was... especially if your sister has a negative blood type. This was done in the same manner to DD during my C-Sect. Much less traumatic for baby than a heel ***** which they do at 3 days.

HTH

MG

[aussienic]

Thats the other thought I had.. Just asked Rach and she said she is O+

Jack had some breathing issues when he was born as in he wasn't so I wonder if they were checking hos blood type incase he needed blood??