Relle, we delayed the clamping of Tehya's cord until it stopped pulsing - nearly 20 minutes later. I also had a physiological third stage. The placenta came away probably 10 minutes after the cord was clamped and cut. I had no problems with it at all. Neither did my midwife.

Tegan, that shame of if for Lily is that if they left her cord unclamped she still would have been getting oxygen through that even though she was having breathing difficulties.

Tan, by leaving the cord unclamped until it has finished pulsing means that bub gets all of his or her precious cord blood. This is the stuff they want to bank yet we have to whinge to allow our babies to have. When a baby is first born a huge ammount of blood is taken from other organs to fill the babies lungs, now if the cord is left attached there is still extra blood flowing into bub making sure plenty is available to her.

Here is the link to the discussion that Suga was talking about Cutting The Umbilical Cord