http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/03/23/clamp2.aspxBy George M. Morley , M.B., Ch. B., FACOG Cordclamping.com Part 2 of 2 ( Part 1 ) Respiratory Distress Syndrome The premature baby is much more vulnerable to injury from immediate cord clamping than the robust term child. The brain is at an earlier stageenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/03/23/clamp2.aspx#184414Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:19:06 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:184414MommytoEight<p>For years, I have been thinking that Ben (11) had sustained some brain injury at birth. &nbsp;The cord was wrapped around his neck and holding him back in the womb, not allowing him to be born. &nbsp;The midwife at the Kaiser Hospital said we needed to clamp and cut his cord so he could be born. &nbsp;I don&#39;t doubt at all that it was necessary, but I do believe he has some brain damage. &nbsp;He is so oblivious to what is right in front of him and I think he has an auditory processing disorder. &nbsp;He hears bits and pieces, then makes up a story to go with what he heard and those becomes &quot;the facts&quot;. &nbsp;Other times, he will answer something we think he totally missed because it was so involved and he was in a different room, but he got it totally right! &nbsp;I don&#39;t think he belongs in a special ed class. &nbsp;I just think we need a diagnosis so we can find ways around what he is missing. &nbsp;He wants to be a doctor someday.</p> <p>So, for me, that article on Premature clamping was of great interest. &nbsp;Now what do I do? &nbsp;I have had it in my birth plans for the cord to stop pulsing before being cut, but only the last baby (now 6) had that advantage; he was born in the car on the way to the hospital. &nbsp;He had at least 15 minutes after he was born with his umbilical cord still attached and not clamped. &nbsp;Unfortunately for Ezra, he was born 3 1/2 weeks early with pneumonia and ended up in the NICU. &nbsp;He also has Down syndrome. &nbsp;The only heart involvement he has is a murmur from a PFO. &nbsp;It took him a year an a half to get rid of the oxygen tank in our house, the apnea monitor and stop using the nebulizer. &nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for your time and the good article that has confirmed what I thought to be true for Ben.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=184414" width="1" height="1">