Jaundice from delayed cord clamping?

[leesha]

Both my children had their cords cut and clamped not long after birth....def not intentially delayed tho.
No jaundice for either...I have been told the same as Little Chicken that Jaundice in babies is caused more by the rapid breakdown of fetal red blood cells as bub starts producing adult heamoglobin!
I also have a negative blood type and both children are positive!
With DD1 she was born then they asked me about giving the needle for placenta delivery and as I said yes my placenta just literaly fell out! They had never seen it happen so quickly! So MY honest opinion is don't really think it needs to be done BUT............................................... ...................
I think it is one of those things that is definately a personal choice you feel strongly about doing.

[berrme]

I have been told the same as Little Chicken that Jaundice in babies is caused more by the rapid breakdown of fetal red blood cells as bub starts producing adult heamoglobin!

This is the argument... DCC means more blood for the bub to break down shortly after birth so an increased chance of bilirubin building up. I haven't read anything that suggests any other reason for the increased incidence in jaundice than that.

I have decided to do DCC, thanks for your input ladies.

[My Three Sons]

With DD1 she was born then they asked me about giving the needle for placenta delivery and as I said yes my placenta just literaly fell out! They had never seen it happen so quickly

HEHE same thing pretty much with me. I had delayed cord clamping, and it stopped really quickly. By the time i turned back around, she gave me the injection and then went "oh, there's the placenta"So the injection was useless.

I had DCC with my 3rd only. DS1 had his cord blood donated, so his was clamped very quickly. He had the worst jaundice of my 3, but it was still mild. I did have a few BF problems with him though being my first. DS3 had it mildly, but was feeding well so it cleared quite quickly. His Pead commented on it when i was in the hospital, said that it would have been because of the delayed cord clamping, but i quickly made mention that it was better than DS1 who had immediate cord clamping so that IMO that was a load of rubbish. Shut her up pretty quickly!