The Jaundice occurs with delayed clamping due to the type of red blood cells that are transferred to the baby.
DH did a lot of looking into this before we had DD2.
Basically from what I recall, the liver of the baby cannot use a particular type of cells that adults do, that is passed to it through the blood. So the liver has to break it down, and through this process, it actually poisons the baby, thus creating the jaundice if the volume is too great for the liver to handle.
The increased amount of blood, and therefore this type of iron, the baby gets from the DCC causes the liver to be further inundated, and therefore a higher risk of jaundice.
There are several different types of jaundice, so have a look into it... I will have a look for some links I saved and come back in a minute to post some links for you
FWIW, we did get delayed clamping, not until it had stopped, but about 3 mins, and DD2 was slightly jaundiced.
Last edited by LimeSlice; April 11th, 2011 at 11:59 PM.
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