Science > Study: Delaying Umbilical Cord Cut Helps Babies
From Canada.com:
About 25 to 60 per cent of fetal blood is in the cord and placenta. Earlier research shows clamping the cord within the first five to 10 seconds of birth compared to waiting to clamp "results in a decrease to the neonate (newborn) of 20 to 40 ml of blood per kilogram of body weight, which would provide the equivalent of 30 to 35 mg of iron," Hutton and her research partner Eman Hassan, at the University of B.C., write today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Delaying clamping could boost blood volumes in newborns by up to 30 per cent, bringing with it more iron.
Hat tip to Katie Allison-Granju.
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