The girls are mostly right. The research suggests it does increase the incidence of jaundice, but not the risk, in that babies with delayed cord clamping my experience slightly more jaundice but it has no adverse effects. And because there are many other factors that affect the development of jaundice, including feeding, it's a very poor argument against delayed clamping.
We've waited until the cord stopped on all three. All three have had slight jaundice, none of them have required hospital admissions.
Dd had mild jaundice, and we delayed clamping, but my mw said it was from her being only 38 weeks...she fed like a champ though and it was all flushed out in no time.
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