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Tag: Delayed cord clamping

Birth in South Africa Natural Birth Pregnancy and Birth Information July 3, 2019April 23, 2022 by Marianne Littlejohn

Optimal Cord Clamping/Wait for White

Optimal Cord Clamping

Wait until the umbilical cord is white after the birth, before clamping the umbilical cord.

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Birth in South Africa Homebirth Natural Birth December 27, 2014March 15, 2015 by Marianne Littlejohn

Natural Birth Instincts and Positions

When we interfere with the process of birth we render the love hormone oxytocin useless and we need to ask ourselves how this will affect the future of humanity.

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Birth in South Africa Natural Birth August 2, 2012April 8, 2019 by Marianne Littlejohn

Don’t Cut the Cord and Lotus Birth

Cord and placenta lie next to the happy newborn

Delayed cord clamping for 3 minutes or longer has long term benefits to the neonate, does NO harm and does not affect the mother in a negative way.

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Birth in South Africa The Travelling Midwife September 9, 2011April 14, 2012 by Marianne Littlejohn

The Travelling Midwife: More about Birth Trauma

Anna after Annushka's 'natural' birth in hospital

The first lessons in life are learnt at the hands of midwives and obstetricians in maternity care units in South Africa. What characteristics are we imparting to future generations of people, both white and non-white in South Africa?

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Women need to prepare for natural birth in every aspect of their lives, including the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical areas of their being. A woman deserves the right to choose her companions as well as where and how she will give birth to her child.

Pregnancy and birth are normal life events for most women. To this end, interventions should be kept to a minimum wherever possible. A baby who is born gently and welcomed by warm, caring parents receives the best possible start in life.

Women who are well prepared in their minds, bodies and spirits can experience birth as a profoundly moving and empowering event.

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