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Will waiting until my newborns umbilical cord is done pulsating to cut it hurt my baby?
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Maybe,maybe not: Babies can benefit from returning placental blood to their body at birth.It helps build their iron stores.However, it can be overdone. A kid that receives too much can have thickened blood that does not flow easily in the capillaries and can plug up the kidneys or other organs.
Answered 5/6/2014
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