We are taught to find the cord around the neck as soon as the head is
born, place two curved clamps on the cord an inch or so apart and cut,
then delivering the baby.
dawn
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:39:21 +0100 rmyr <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Dawn,
> Could you describe the actual maneuver of cutting the nuchal cord
> *before* the
> baby manages to get born? This is the part I have never been able
> to
> visualize. I am not being facetious; this baffles me (and likely
> others with
> me!).
> cheers, from 'the dark side' (can't we call it the Wild Side?)
> Rachel Myr
>
>
> >>Yes, here in the US, all new midwives are encouraged to cut cords
> and we
> >can do it rather smoothly. No doubt you can see the increased
> >resuscitation needed for these poor babes.
> >Dawn Cockrell, CPM
>
>
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