Thanks for the info Shannon. It's funny the things that you are never told about by Drs., midwives etc. You really have to do a lot of reading for yourself don't you? With all 3 of mine the cord was clamped almost straight away, with the 2nd they really rushed to get the placenta out like they had somewhere else to be! Needless to say it did not all come away properly and I had heaps of probs! With the 3rd I had a lovely midwife and she was so patient it took and hour to come away naturally but it only felt like 10 minutes as I was too busy looking at my beautiful new baby!


mum2boys- wow I would have thought that at a natural birthing centre they would have at least told you about the cord thing!

I will be speaking to the midwives on my appts and making sure they they know I want this done. This site is great without it I still would have been none the wiser about this.