Episode Details

This week, in a continuation of the discussion about the birth process, I am incredibly privileged to have been joined by Midwife Amanda Burleigh.

I am a huge fan of Amanda's work and all that she has achieved in maternity services, because she has really opened our eyes to the benefits of optimal cord clamping, which is the process of leaving a baby’s umbilical cord alone at the point of birth, enabling it to pulsate and pump into the baby all the blood that belongs to them to ensure a healthy start to life. 

When birth moved to hospitals, and interventions became common - practice changed to immediate clamping of the cord before the baby had taken it’s first breath, despite there being no evidence that this was safe. Amanda has been on quite a journey trying to undo this, and throughout this episode, she shares with us what happened and the great progress she has made.

During the conversation, you may hear her mention medical terms like - PPH for example which means postpartum hemorrhage - or heavy blood loss after birth.

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Amanda’s website - https://waitforwhite.com
Email - amanda.burleigh@ntlworld.com

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22843002/ Judith Mercer - Rethinking Placental Transfusion

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