This is a great article about why parents should wait to cut the cord, if they can. It's short and sweet and easy to read.
We waited to cut Penelope's cord and it was one of the coolest things I have experienced. While I was holding my newborn daughter, staring into her eyes and basking in her glory, I was also holding her umbilical cord in between my thumb and first finger to feel the blood pulsing into her. When I stopped being able to feel it anymore, a moment later, Peter cut the cord. I am not sure how much time had passed, which reminds me to ask my midwife to see my birth record-my memory is so fuzzy about exact time of when things happened during my labor that I want to see my file. Looking back, I will probably wait even longer next time. Maybe once the placenta is out and I am out of the birth tub. Even though we waited, it all happened so fast!
Has anyone else done this? How long did you wait?
