Cutting Umbilical Cord Early Eliminates Stem Cells

GeneralSoh writes "Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far-reaching benefits for your baby, according to researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying clamping the umbilical cord allows more umbilical cord blood and crucial stem cells to transfer from mama to baby."

How will they know when to cut it?

[Yvan256]

Is there an upload progress bar on the umbilical cord?

Reminds me of my mother

[elrous0]

And they said she was crazy for keeping me attached for a year and breastfeeding me until I was 9. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, NOSY SOCIAL WORKERS???

Re:ORLY?

[couchslug]

"The kid's been attached to it for 9 months, and the last 2 minutes make _THAT_ much difference?"

To be safe, use the Helicopter Parent method and leave it on until age 18.

Re:Reminds me of my mother

[rev_sanchez]

My sister's cat is going to feel pretty silly about gnawing through all of her umbilical cords and eating the placentas. Next time I'll be sure to let Mittens know about the stem cells.

Re:Reminds me of my mother

[Anonymous Coward]

I was breastfed until 4 or so. Not that it's necessarily the cause, but I have been quite healthy. Well, except the psychological damage due to my mother's attempts to prevent me from growing up and becoming independent. So yeah, I guess it was a mixed bag for me. :(

Oh great

[tweek]

I find this out 6 weeks late. When did having kids become like buying technology?

Seriously though, there are some cases where that might not be possible. My first son was an emergency c-section. I don't know how long it was before he started breathing but it felt like forever.

Thing2 was a scheduled c-section and I had him in my arms almost immediately. I honestly don't know how quickly they clamped.

Re:Nice one, Timothy!

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL. slammed by the 'professional' named, "trisexualpuppy"

Re:I loved my umbilical cord so much

[PPH]

You and David Carradine.

Re:ORLY?

[Lobachevsky]

I don't know, I think newborns should be exposed to the free market system. If they cannot offer goods and services, they must not receive them. Providing free food, free shelter, and free healthcare to newborns is a slippery slope to a welfare state. /s

Re:ORLY?

[davester666]

Well, they willingly exchange pee for breastmilk...