| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1274.1 | You must clamp soon after birth | CADSYS::LEVITIN | Sam Levitin | Fri Apr 18 1997 14:16 | 13 |
| We were considering participating in this program.
We asked if they were still interested in the cord if
it were not clamped until after it has stopped pulsing.
I believe one of their requirements is that the
cord be clamped either soon or immediately. This was
a deal breaker for us.
They naturally want the mother tested for various
conditions during pregnancy. It's not the kind of
program where you say, "Hi, I'm 8.5 months pregnant.
Do you want the cord blood from my delivery?"
Sam
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| 1274.2 | cord donor-multiple birth pregnancies | CSLALL::CABRAL | | Fri Apr 18 1997 19:21 | 13 |
| I called the referrenced number toady and they are sending me some
material to read. I had to ask them to hold because my twins were
chasing each other. When I could return to the call, the first
question from the woman from the donor center was if I was pregnant
with twins again. I told her I won't know until my untrasound at the
end of this month. She told me to call her then as the currently do
not accept donors from multiple birth cords. Just in case anyone else
in this situation is thinking of donating. She was not able to give me
a reason for this but hoped in the future that multiple births could be
included in the program.
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| 1274.3 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | be the village | Sat Apr 19 1997 19:27 | 3 |
| May be because twins sometimes (often?) cross transfuse during births.
meg
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| 1274.4 | I just rec'd info on it | TEAMLK::CONLON | Norma Conlon, ZKO, DTN 381-1702 | Mon Apr 21 1997 13:14 | 17 |
| I received my info packet from them last week and happen to have it
at work today. After reading how & when they remove the blood I
see how it would be dangerous for multiple births.
It states that in order to collect the blood they must clamp and cut the
cord IMMEDIATELY after the delivery. At this point the doctor inserts
a syringed needle into the umbilical cord vein and draws the placental
blood. They draw between 3-8 oz of cord blood which could take up to
3 minutes. The placenta is then delivered and discarded.
I think it is fascinating and hope that I am able to do it when my
3rd daughter is born this July.
Norma
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