Doctors to help mothers give birth to their babies to maintain a standard procedure when delivering health and well-being of mother and baby. Once the baby is born, the doctor or potentially tighten the father, then cut the umbilical cord before putting the infant to the mother.
Many experts childbirth are delayed cord clamping supporters as an alternative to the standard procedure. Delayed clamping is supposed to improve iron levels in the body of the new baby without risking the health of the mother, or any other practice after birth.
A team of experts from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina investigated whether delayed clamping was a healthy option. The team studied almost 400 healthy births where clamping of the umbilical cord has been delayed - with half of the babies held close to the vagina, and the other half nestled comfortably on her stomach mothers
Dr .. Néstor Vain is the lead author of the study, and said delayed clamping has long been underutilized by physicians. The aim of the study was to determine if the umbilical cord could be further tightened with the baby in the womb, something Dr. Vain says is the preferred alternative.
"A mother would rather have the baby on top of her.. And it does not change the amount of placental transfusion, and facilitates the procedure for the obstetrician"
Reasons for support clamping and cutting the baby cradled in a mother's arms include:
delayed clamping improves iron in the baby without the risk of causing blood loss in the mother
However, holding a cold, newborn crying for two minutes near the vagina is inconvenient for doctors
Allow the child to snuggle in the mother's arms favors early maternal bonding
the baby is kept warm and comfortable while the umbilical cord is clamped and cut
the study did not include babies who are born prematurely or by cesarean section more research is needed on these processes. More details about the study can be found here.