you will NEVER believe THIS one

April 16, 2002

I just got an email from some online journal dedicated to " probe medical,

scientific, environmental, artistic and political issues in a manner that one

rarely encounters in mainstream news reports. " telling me that cord clamping at

birth is the cause of autism.

ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jacquie

April 16, 2002

> " telling me that cord clamping at birth is the cause of autism.

>

> ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>

Hmmmmm...let's see. It took at least four years for the impact of

this birth accident to really hit ...another 2 1/2 years to

complete doing it's damage...if it has.

Do I buy this?

FWIW, there is also a group who firmly believe that failing to teach

women to squat regularly and properly is the cause of many, many

birth defects...it's known as " the great squat robbery " ...and shows

up on PT and chiropractic lists all the time...

Raena

April 16, 2002

>

> I just got an email from some online journal dedicated to " probe

medical, scientific, environmental, artistic and political issues in

a manner that one rarely encounters in mainstream news reports. "

telling me that cord clamping at birth is the cause of autism.

>

> ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> Jacquie

Huh??? If I read this right, wouldn't that mean that all babies would

be autistic?

Kerri

April 16, 2002

Would everyone in the world who every had their cord clamped at birth, please

raise their hand!

The first Developmental Assessor that I took Nicky to told me that his problems

most likely stemmed from the fact that Roland and I had a troubled marriage, and

from the fact that I was neglecting him due to the stress of having too many

children to deal with. I think she had her cord clamped BEFORE birth.

B

you will NEVER believe THIS one

I just got an email from some online journal dedicated to " probe medical,

scientific, environmental, artistic and political issues in a manner that one

rarely encounters in mainstream news reports. " telling me that cord clamping at

birth is the cause of autism.

ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jacquie

April 16, 2002

She's needs her tongue clamped.

Mimi

--- Barber wrote:

> Would everyone in the world who every had their cord

> clamped at birth, please raise their hand!

>

> The first Developmental Assessor that I took Nicky

> to told me that his problems most likely stemmed

> from the fact that Roland and I had a troubled

> marriage, and from the fact that I was neglecting

> him due to the stress of having too many children to

> deal with. I think she had her cord clamped BEFORE

> birth.

>

> B

> you will NEVER believe

> THIS one

>

> I just got an email from some online journal

> dedicated to " probe medical, scientific,

> environmental, artistic and political issues in a

> manner that one rarely encounters in mainstream news

> reports. " telling me that cord clamping at birth is

> the cause of autism.

>

> ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> Jacquie

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

April 16, 2002

> The first Developmental Assessor that I took Nicky to told me that his

problems most likely stemmed from the fact that Roland and I had a troubled

marriage, and from the fact that I was neglecting him due to the stress of

having too many children to deal with. I think she had her cord clamped

BEFORE birth.

>

Oh, this DA is wonderful!

This means, my girls cannot be autistic as I had no problems in my marriage

whatsoever, AND - - - I had no other kids to deal with.

We're CURED!

Grace ;o)

April 16, 2002

Cord clamping? You mean when they clamp the cord so they can cut it? Wouldn't

that make us all autistic?

Tuna

you will NEVER believe THIS one

I just got an email from some online journal dedicated to " probe medical,

scientific, environmental, artistic and political issues in a manner that one

rarely encounters in mainstream news reports. " telling me that cord clamping at

birth is the cause of autism.

ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jacquie

April 16, 2002

All right, so how do you explain babies who were never clmaped but

had their cords tied and are, you guessed it, still autistic? HUH?

That goes right up there with the daycare theories and parenting

theories.

Morons.

April 16, 2002

It is routine when an NICU team is present at

> an " at risk " birth and is mandated by ACOG for cord blood pH

determination.

> [8] In current obstetrical practice, natural (physiological) cord

closure is

> almost never allowed to occur; obstetricians and pediatricians in

general

> are completely unaware of any danger incurred by immediate cord

clamping.

There was a NICU (portable unit) in my room when I had Mitchel. My

water had broken, and it was discolored. They wanted them there as a

precaution. As soon as he was born, whoosh he went to them who

checked him out. everything was normal (ha!) I don't recall how long

it took for them to 'give him back' I was a little out of it....

Kerri

April 16, 2002

> Autism should correlate with birth records of premature cord

clamping or

> with circumstances that confirm immediate / early cord clamping.

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> Autism should not correlate with natural cord closure or with a

newborn that

> cries quickly and has a five-minute Apgar score of 9 or 10.

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>

> Now, hmmm.... had a normal birth, was NOT in the NICU, and had a

> one-minute Apgar of 9.

So therefore my babies born at home that did not have early cord

tieing and had nice healthy Apgars should all be NT. Right? Yipee.

and J are NT everyone!

Imbeciles.

April 16, 2002

> Cord clamping? You mean when they clamp the cord so they can cut it?

Wouldn't that make us all autistic?

>

> Tuna

Yup. Here's an excerpt:

The diverse symptoms of these disorders involving " higher " human faculties

indicate diverse cerebral lesions, probably cortical, involving memory

ability, storage and recall. This article presents compelling evidence that

autism and related childhood disorders can result from brain damage caused

by birth asphyxia - more specifically due to interruption of placental

oxygenation at birth by premature umbilical cord clamping.

Asphyxia at Birth

How to Prove an Association Exists Between Birth Asphyxia And Autism

Immediate cord clamping is now a very common practice and occurs in almost

all modern obstetrical births. It is routine when an NICU team is present at

an " at risk " birth and is mandated by ACOG for cord blood pH determination.

[8] In current obstetrical practice, natural (physiological) cord closure is

almost never allowed to occur; obstetricians and pediatricians in general

are completely unaware of any danger incurred by immediate cord clamping.

In general, the incidence of autism has paralleled the incidence of

immediate cord clamping, and supports the conclusion that autism results

from birth asphyxia caused by immediate cord clamping. Additional proof

should be available from birth records:

At natural (normal) birth with natural closure of the umbilical vessels (no

cord clamp used), neonatal asphyxia is avoided because placental oxygenation

continues - the cord pulsates - until pulmonary oxygenation is established.

During this time, a large amount of placental oxygenated blood is transfused

into the child; this additional blood volume is used to establish pulmonary

circulation and pulmonary oxygenation. After the lungs are functioning, the

cord vessels close reflexively.

Cord clamping before the child has breathed and while the cord is still

pulsating causes a period of asphyxia until the lungs begin to function; it

also aborts placental transfusion leaving the child hypovolemic (low blood

volume) and prone to anemia as a large amount of iron is left in the

placenta. Deficient pulmonary blood flow may delay pulmonary oxygenation.

The " bottom line " is that immediate cord clamping followed by sufficient

delay in pulmonary oxygenation will produce permanent hypoxic brain damage.

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