J Midwifery Womens Health. 2009;5(4):321-326. Immediate cord clamping is often included as part of active management of the third stage of labor. Although it is now well known that active ...

Those benefits, researchers say, likely have to do with iron. Waiting a few minutes before clamping the umbilical cord allows more iron-rich blood from the placenta to reach the newborn.

When to “clamp” and or cut one of the most prominent fixtures associated with childbirth, the umbilical cord, has been at the center of an international cord-cutting clash for decades.

A couple of extra minutes attached to the umbilical cord at birth may translate ... The results showed no differences in IQ. Delaying the clamping of the cord allows more blood to transfer from ...

Clamping the umbilical cord cuts off the flow of blood from the mother and is done before the the connection is severed by physicians. The hospital’s earlier studies showed that babies do better ...

Doctors should hold off clamping the umbilical cords of premature babies ... When doctors waited just a minute or 30 seconds before cord clamping, preterm babies needed fewer blood transfusions ...

When to “clamp” and or cut one of the most prominent fixtures associated with childbirth, the umbilical cord, has been at the center of an international cord-cutting clash for decades.