I noticed that about the crawling reflex as well. The crawling reflex may not be apparent after a time but I do know that the human being can do breastcrawl or "self-attachment" crawl as we call in the birth healing work I do ... at any age. My daughter was 7 and I was 45 when we did healing around the disruption of the crawling to the breast ... ... See Morecrawling reflex. Infants and children ALWAYS naturally do the crawl to the mother's breast as part of doing healing process around the trauma and disruptions.

thanks for the article, I am passing it on, hopefully th USA will follow their wisdom.

The best way to reach out to the public, so that parents can protect their babies from immediate cord clamping, is that as many of us as possible disseminate the information in several ways. We can for example suggest this page to friends ( link below the picture) and share this page, or selected links, on our walls (share + , down on the... See More left side). But the most effective is of course to contact newspapers, news channels etc., the more of us the better. I have actually forced through national guidelines for cord camping in Sweden, even though I was completely alone.

That whole third stage of labor is wacky ... it seems pulling on the cord must be so damaging to the mother's uterine wall .... as the baby's placenta and mother's wall tissues have been so intricately intertwined and it must take, oh, about 10-60 minutes for "mother" and "baby" to do that stage of separation. The birth process seems to be one after another of moments of mother-baby separation and reconnection. Wherever it is disrupted the "mother-baby" are disrupted.

Babies who have delayed cord clamping get much more albumin which is what the baby needs to bind the bilirubin to keep it from being harmful. this question will never be answered until someone scientifically measures the albumin. It is mentioned in the American Academy of Pediatrics statement on treatment of jaundice that the albumin should be measured to determine treatment.

so much good information here-great for my files

Let's keep in mind everything found in the placenta is found in the breasts. :)

Janel, I am convinced that breastfeeding is very healing in many ways , especially for a child who had a traumatic birth, but I find it hard to believe that the milk can replace a blood loss of up to 50%.

Thank you Remmi for this very important information!!! Have you got any links ?

There is a study from sweden I believe showing higher rates of leukemia in children who need resuscitation. Since the need for resuscitation is linked with lower blood volume, this adds an indirect link.