The Business of Being Born

Meet up with other birth advocates in Pueblo on Sunday, March 30th at 5 pm. We’ll have a potluck dinner followed by an informal screening of The Business of Being Born.

Location: Pueblo West
Cost: Nothing but a potluck dish
Call Gina at 719-369-4368 for directions and to RSVP

Delayed Cord Clamping and Iron Stores

One of my favorite games to play is justifying why doing something “natural” makes good sense scientifically. We’ve spent years “proving” that breastfeeding is the best choice (duh), and so we also need to “prove” that not interfering unduly with birth also makes sense.

Here’s a study showing a significant increase in iron stores for babies (who, naturally, are breastfed and not receiving supplemental iron) that is sufficient to maintain their iron levels until they begin taking in complementary foods at around 6 months of age.

Apparently the contention that delayed cord clamping leads to an increased incidence of jaundice is neither able to be backed up by good research,  nor conclusively a problem. Again, if something happens when there’s no interference, does that make it a problem or normal?

Please comment with other good research to share.

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