Concerns about umbilical cord clamping

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Nothing is more important than safe delivery of our children into this world.

We place our trust in medical experts to ensure this, but current childbirth practices and protocols evoke some concern.

Are increasing numbers of children in need of special education possibly the result of oxygen insufficiency at birth?

On the following pages is a paper I submitted to the Pregnancy and Infant Working Group of the National Children's Study (NCS) expressing my concerns over obstetric protocols, especially clamping of the umbilical cord while it is still functioning in behalf of continuing placental respiration after birth The National Children's study was initiated as part of the Children's Health Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-310 Sec. 1004).  Participating agencies are the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),  the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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http://nationalchildrensstudy.gov/

A request for hypotheses was made, and following is what I submitted in July 2004.

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Posted: February 27, 2006 (a work in progress)

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