Pregnancies: Don’t let the umbilical cord get cut too soon

Ask yourself, how often you go against nature. Not necessarily you, but what is done with and to you. One example is the immediate cutting of a baby’s umbilical cord right after being born. “Doctor knows best”? Not always. So who is right? Nature or standard operating procedures in the hospital? Well, the World Health Organization has recommended that even in full-term babies, waiting up to 2 minutes after birth would be ideal because that would enhance the amount of blood they get, and most importantly, they end up getting more iron and more red cells and more iron. This will prevent them from having potentially iron deficiency anemia, which is a major problem in the rest of the world, … Continue reading Pregnancies: Don’t let the umbilical cord get cut too soon