Liz, Jovie wouldn't go straight onto my boob, it took her around 15 minutes to be oriented enough to be able to suck. She wasn't into sucking at all the first 3 days though, but she had a good feed after around 15-20 minutes, and in that time the cord stopped pulsating, so the cord stopped after around 15 minutes for me. About 5 minutes after the placenta was delivered.

ETA: Jovie went straight onto my chest and I held her for the first 2 hours.