Changing where a baby is held immediately after birth could lead to improved uptake of procedure that reduces infant iron deficiency
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 12:29
in Health & Medicine
Changing where a newborn baby is held before its umbilical cord is clamped could lead to improved uptake in hospitals of delayed cord clamping, leading to a decreased risk of iron deficiency in infancy, according to new results from a study. Delaying clamping of the umbilical cord until around two minutes after birth allows for blood to pass from the mother's placenta to the baby, and has previously been shown to reduce the risk of iron deficiency in infancy.