For decades, experts have argued over when to clamp and cut a newborn’s umbilical cord after birth. Now, more health organizations are beginning to recommend delayed cord clamping. The American ...

Hannah Dahlen is affiliated with the Australian College of Midwives. She receives funding from NHMRC and ARC. One of the most common surgical procedures in the world today – one that every human alive ...

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, ...

You must have seen reels going viral on cutting the umbilical cord after the baby is born. The videos show where the nurse or ...

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.

Squeezing blood from the umbilical cord prior to cutting it can improve the health of infants who are born limp, pale or barely breathing. As a matter of routine, doctors typically wait a few minutes ...