I have been away from my computer, so a bit of a time lag with this posting. I have previously collected cord blood for storage and was told it had to be as much of the blood as possible, the more the better. As I routinely practice physiological 3rd stage,(average 30 mins) there is hardly any blood left to collect when it is expelled by maternal effort as it has all gone to the baby (where I believe it belongs). I am assuming this would not be enough blood for storage even if removed from the placental vessels by syringe. What kind of "physiological" 3rd stage would have enough blood left? MM
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