Placentas Can Resuscitate Non-Responsive Babies

There are many reasons to practice delayed cord clamping, DCC, after birth. This is when you wait at least 3-5 minutes before clamping the umbilical cord. 〰️

Lotus Birth is 1 hour to 6 days (or whenever the cord dries on its own) 〰️

When leaving baby and placenta attached via the umbilical cord, the placenta is able to assist the baby even outside of the womb. This is called Placental Resuscitation and it the most incredible event to witness. When a baby is stillborn or is born unresponsive the placenta is placed into a warm bowl of water and is physically stimulated. By doing this you are working with the placenta to quickly transfer blood and Qi that is contained within the organ, through the umbilical cord and into the baby. It has been reported many times that soon after doing this baby takes the first breath, pinks up and stabilizes. 〰️

“There is a large body of evidence that has now demonstrated that delayed cord clamping (DCC) has benefits for term and preterm infants. These benefits include reductions in morbidities such as intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and mortality in preterm infants and improved developmental scores at 4 years of age in term infants. One important group that has not been included is the nonbreathing, non-vigorous infant. It may be important to determine whether an infant has started to breathe before the umbilical cord is clamped. Preterm infants also take longer to establish breathing than term newborns, placing greater emphasis on the determination of breathing before the cord is clamped” -School of Medicine Loma Linda University 〰️

Warmly,

Eyla