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RE: My Midwifery History
I wasn't aware of the benefit of delayed clamping either. I did know that the cord blood could be of benefit to someone requiring a transfusion, and tried to donate my last one to the blood bank. Some hospitals in Australia work with the blood bank to collect it for these uses, but the one I was booked in was not part of that programme. It became difficult to arrange so it was just discarded, which seemed incredibly wasteful. Interesting, as you mentioned, for thousands of dollars I could have banked it for my child, but donating it to a stranger was less easy.
Yes, that is kind of strange that it's so hard to do. Yeah, it does seem very wasteful. I think that stuff is liquid gold, or better even as it literally gives life, even after birth. But I always thought it was crazy that they'd have you pay huge amounts to bank your own child's umbilical cord blood, in stead of just making the best use of it right after birth, which could prevent the need for it entirely.