TED: Optimal Cord Clamping
In 2010, Dr. Greene founded the WhiteOut Now movement aimed at changing how babies are fed starting with their first bite of solid food. In 2012 he launched a worldwide campaign aimed at changing the practice of Immediate Cord Camping To Optimal Cord Clamping or TICC TOCC. He is the author of Feeding Baby Green, Raising Baby Green and, From First Kicks to First Steps.
About 30% of oxygen and white blood cells are contained outside of a baby’s body during birth. Immediate cord clamping practiced in Western medicine today deprives the baby from that oxygen, white blood cells, iron stores, and stem cells that they need. This practice is harmful. Birth attendants should wait to clamp the cord until this blood is pumped into the baby’s body and the cord stops pulsating. Learn more ยป