Mothers can hold newborns before umbilical cord is clamped: study

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Mothers can hold newborns before umbilical cord is clamped: study

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Newborn babies don’t need to be held down around their mother’s vagina while the last of the placental blood makes its way through the umbilical cord, according to a new study. Waiting a couple of minutes after a baby is born to clamp and cut the umbilical cord is generally considered a good idea, and some authorities have recommended holding the newborn level with the vagina so gravity can help draw extra blood from the placenta. But babies held that way didn’t seem to get any more placental blood than babies held in their mother’s arms instead, the new study found. “The fantasy that gravity plays a role was based on very old studies,” Dr. Nestor E. Vain told Reuters Health.

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