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Ryn, the standard practice here in Aus is to clamp the cord straight away, so most babies don't get enough cord blood. As Rory said, you have done a great job to bf for so long, and that means that Liebling most likely has been getting plenty of iron.
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Ryn, I agree with the others....you're doing a great job hun
For those worried about choking, don't forget that most of us have a good, strong gag reflex. It might look your bub is choking, but it really is their gag reflex doing a good job of stopping them from choking. Obviously watch your baby while they're eating until you're confident that they'll be okay though
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As a side point re the iron from cord blood, we decided to have DD's cord blood collected and stored and the ob got back to us with the amounts taken, etc. (This does mean no delayed clamping, so is not for everyone). I had a c/s due to placenta praevia and although I forget the actual amount stored it was only a small amount above the minimum to make it a viable exercise. Apparently in a c/s there is less blood in the cord at collection time and since I never went into labour at all I'm guessing that might have affected it to?
Not sure if anyone needs the info but from that I surmise that if you had a vaginal delivery your baby's cord would have had more blood in it at time of delivery than if you had a c/s. Not sure if that changes with an emergency c/s as opposed to a scheduled one.
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