“It depends on how much it affects the baby and from what I can
read, [the informational material] doesn’t explain it fully, because
you don’t know exactly what [the antibiotics] do, I think
[…] I would prefer not to have the [antibiotics] at all,
because I can’t tolerate penicillin … [but if I had to
choose] I think I would prefer after [cord clamping].” (P2)
Another woman noted that one of the reasons why she favoured antibiotics
to be administered after cord clamping, was because most infections were
not that serious: