Wholeheartedly agree with you there Tracy. I was told to check cord in my first year by an old school midwife and not knowing any better did it! However, when working with my proper mentor, I was checking for it and she questioned me and taught me the 'why's of not doing it'. Now I would not check at all.

Some midwives think that I am checking for cord when I feel to make sure babes chin has delivered ok, but that's because they can't really see what I am doing and it makes them panic.

KS

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