Cord Blood Stem Cells Information

cord blood?

does anybody know about information on the benefits (to baby) of delaying clamping of the umbilical cord until after it has stopped pulsing. also can i ask this of the staff at hospital when i give birth or is it policy for them to clamp and cut as soon as possible. you bring up a good point steve. dna i have no idea what you are talking about. the cord reacts with the air to stop the flow on it own. i am not planning to keep the cord open forever, just delay clamping for a few minutes.

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The cord blood flows both ways. For every bit of blood that flows into the baby, an equal ammount will flow out. This idea has no merit.
Usually the cord blood is let drain into the baby. Sometimes people freeze a sample for possible treatment use later. It is beneficial for the baby to get all the blood that he can.
it should be clamped, as after birth there are many changes that occur in the foetal circulation like obliteration of the ductus arteriosus, closure of the foramen ovale and others so there will be no use of the umbilical cord in the new circulation , i don't know why do you want to delay it!!
Cord blood Provided that the cord is not clamped for the first 5 minutes after birth, and kept level with the newborn, it allows baby to receive many maternal antibodies, critical stem cells, hormones, and vitamin K and provides the neonate with one-third to one-half of its entire blood volume. Loss of this volume of blood through harvesting for blood banking can be the equivalent of subjecting an infant to a massive hemorrhage. This cord blood is a rich source of primitive, undifferentiated stem cells (i.e. CD34-positive and CD38-negative) which assist in neonatal adaptation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord is the link where you can find the rest of this artical and information.