For the layperson, a few minutes might tick by without a second thought, but those precious minutes after a baby is born could be beneficial for newborns later in life, some doctors say. When to ...

Changes are happening in more and more labor and delivery rooms across the country. Doctors are waiting at least 30 to 60 seconds before clamping and cutting the umbilical cord. The practice was ...

A nuchal cord is when the umbilical cord is 'coiled' around the baby's neck. Most nuchal cords are single coils ...

Cutting the cord is a momentous event in a baby's life. For nine months, the developing fetus is attached to its mother by the umbilical cord. Then, moments after birth, that cord is severed. Now, ...

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Twenty infants who received one-time umbilical cord milking after umbilical cord cutting were compared with 20 infants from a previous study group who received multiple-time umbilical cord milking.

The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth remains controversial. The cord has been clamped early to facilitate resuscitation and stabilization of infants. Now, a new review paper suggests ...

Tampa, Fla. (May 24, 2010) – The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth should be delayed just a few minutes longer, suggest researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence ...

Whether you’ve given birth or only seen it in the movies, you know that cutting the umbilical cord is an important early step after the baby is born. The baby comes out, whether vaginally or via ...

What is your baby's umbilical cord? The umbilical cord starts to form at about 4 weeks of pregnancy. It's your baby's lifeline to the placenta, the pancake-shaped organ attached to your uterus. The ...

Historically, the cord has been cut within seconds of birth Cutting the umbilical cord immediately after birth - currently standard practice - puts the baby at risk of iron deficiency, experts say.