You have planned a very special delivery however your significant other feels light headed and feels faint, but they are otherwise fine. Can you identify some of the procedures you can do to still have a very special birth.
- Request the provider cut the cord
- Raise your bed slightly and cut your own cord
- Request delayed cord cutting to allow the rich nutritional blood supply in the cord to return back to the baby, assuming the baby is okay.
- Insist your significant other take part in cutting the cord.
*This birth is special and you cannot do it again. Take my class and learn different techniques you can do if special circumstances arise.