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Shockingly, many mothers (and birth workers) do not get to witness this gradual, fascinating and critical transfusion process that occurs with delayed cord clamping.
In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes.

Delayed umbilical cord clamping is associated with significant neonatal benefits in preterm infants, including improved transitional circulation, better establishment of red blood cell volume, decreased need for blood transfusion, and lower incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis and intraventricular hemorrhage.

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A good latch makes a huge difference!

Positioning is everything 💞

Upright birth. It can make all the difference! After pushing on her side and her baby seemingly not budging past a large crown, she flipped over to hands and knees…and her sweet baby came right into their hands. Any type of movement can allow baby to get into just the right position for birth…and being upright allows for both gravity and a slightly different pelvic position to help ease your baby earth-side

You’ve gotta watch some of these doctors. They’re very cesarean-happy out here! Educating yourself is key!

Was your labor termed "failure to progress"?

ACOG says that a person is not considered to be in active labor until six centimeters and cannot be termed as “failure to progress” until she:
- is at least six centimeters dilated
- her waters have ruptured
- and no cervical change has been made in six hours of labor.

Cervical change includes:
- The cervix moves from posterior to an anterior position
- The cervix ripens and softens
- The cervix effaces
- The cervix dilates

Was your labor a true failure to progress?

Where would we be without THE woman? Be fierce! Be powerful! Be unapologetic!

The amazing art of birth!

Great news!!

White House Has Declared the First-Ever Maternal Health Day of Action Vice President Kamala Harris just established a Maternal Health Day of Action. Read about the announcement and how she wants to improve maternal health outcomes for Black moms.

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👉TRIGGER WARNING: Fetal Scalp Monitoring👈
Did you know that continuous electronica
fetal monitoring does not improve outcomes and raises the chance of surgical birth a huge amount? Link at bottom

Parents are often surprised to find out that the monitor that was attached to their baby’s head during labour wasn’t just a “clip,” as it was referred to, or a sticker, but instead a metal screw that went into the scalp. There may be times when parents want to make the choice to use a fetal scalp electrode to monitor their baby's heartrate, HOWEVER as is the case with anything, this intervention needs to be explained in detail to parents along with the risks and benefits.

Here's a link from AIMS that talks through various fetal monitoring in labour https://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/monitoring-your-babys-heartbeat-in-labour

Once again, things like fetal scalp monitoring *can* impact the baby's head and their head movement when breastfeeding, not to mention that it often leads to further interventions in labour that can further impact the baby's abilities to breastfeed comfortably.

Image Description: background is block colours and an image of a fetal scalp electrode monitor with text overlay, "Stop calling it a clip, it's a screw! A Fetal Scalp Electrode Can be screwed into your baby's head to monitor your baby's heartrate during labour. It's meant to help determine whether your baby is under any stress while you labour. stress???..."
from ’Nel Metherell IBCLC

https://www.kansashomebirth.com/sage-dragonflys-blog/blog-post-title-three-6bh2g