Hollo - I'm wanting it because I don't want my body injected with drugs just to tick off the 'placenta delivered' box quicker, and (more importantly) bubs will get some extra blood and hence iron etc. once he/she's born. I'd never really thought about it before finding BellyBelly's website....there's a lot of posts on the benefits of letting the placenta pulse instead of clamping it.....anyway, who knows what will ultimately happen at bub's birth.....it's just a preference