I just want to know what happens if a baby is delivered and the placenta is still attached inside the mother and the cord is not cut.
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The super blood would continue to flow from the mother to the baby. “Delayed cord clamping” is now a very common practice in western medicine. Science has shown that even just a few more minutes of those extra special hemoglobin, chemicals, nutrients, etc. can be so beneficial to the newborn baby.
I had a baby in the western US in 2016 and I had to request delayed cord clamping. I had a second baby in 2020 and when I requested that from my new doctor, he told me that’s common practice now and every doctor should be doing it (as long as it’s not an emergency situation).
Here’s some more info from the American College of OB’s & G’s: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2020/12/delayed-umbilical-cord-clamping-after-birth
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