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A member asked:
Can you request that the umbilical cord and placenta be immediately tossed in the medical waste?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
You can, but...: The placenta is sometimes sent to the pathology lab for analysis in certain medical conditions, and is often "re-cycled" to extract hormones, and other valuable substances from it. The hospital where you deliver needs to be made aware of your "request" before delivery.
Answered 9/2/2012
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Yes: However, the umbilical cord and placenta are important cues to fetal health and usually undergoes a pathologic examination and visual inspection by the delivering obstetrician. There are important cues to potential need for newborn studies based on examination and i would encourage you not to have it immediately put into medical waste.
Answered 8/23/2017
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Maybe/not: When you enter a hospital for care you are agreeing to accept their basic healthcare protocols. You have a choice & they do too.If their legal department requires that they hold it for a defined period for potential study, it is unlikely they could or would comply.Delivery care is one of the more litigation sensitive areas of the hospital & specimens removed during procedures are part of that mess
Answered 3/22/2020
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