In a systematic review by Van Rheenen and Brabin, [8] delayed cord clamping was defined as waiting until the umbilical cord had stopped pulsing (mean clamping time was 305 sec). In an RCT looking ...

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 ...

[iStockphoto] Clamping and cutting a baby's umbilical cord as soon as it is born can be bad for its health. The World Health Organisation advises that clamping should be delayed for two to three ...

What is your baby's umbilical cord? The umbilical cord starts to form at about 4 weeks of pregnancy. It's your baby's ...

In Irfan’s case, the issue does not seem to only be about the legality or moral stigma surrounding cord clamping. Public anger against Irfan also owes a lot to the controversies he has raked up in the ...

Hot on the heels of a study carried out by nursing professors at Rhode Island University, which suggests that delaying clamping a pre-term newborn baby's umbilical cord by just 30 to 45 seconds can ...

Health watchdog NICE recommends not clamping the umbilical cord before a minute to let blood flow to the baby. But Cells4Life's blog said immediate clamping was "under 60 seconds" and delayed ...

“On the related issue of when to cut the umbilical cord, the RCM supports NICE and WHO guidance which recommends delayed rather than immediate clamping of the umbilical cord after birth.

Delayed cord clamping is beneficial for both full-term ... They receive their oxygen through the umbilical cord. "Umbilical cord prolapse is a rare complication where the cord descends into ...