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Optimal timing for clamping the umbilical cord after birth
Tonse N K Raju1, Nalini Singhal
1Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, 4B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. rajut@mail.nih.gov
Clinics in Perinatology
|November 21, 2012
Abstract
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This article provides a brief overview of pros and cons of clamping the cord too early (within seconds) after birth. It also highlights evolving data that suggest that delaying cord clamping for 30 to 60 seconds after birth is beneficial to the baby, with no measurable negative effects either the baby or the mother.

