If you’re expecting a child, you’re likely learning about the many medical interventions often involved in labor and delivery. Some of these, like epidurals, might be your choice. Others, like an ...

Childbirth has changed a lot over the years. One of the most meaningful shifts is how doctors now handle the umbilical cord after birth. For a long time, it was clamped almost immediately. Now, the ...

Some had feared delayed clamping might lead to more cases of jaundice Waiting a few minutes after delivery to cut the umbilical cord is best for a newborn's health, research suggests. Delaying cord ...

A couple of extra minutes attached to the umbilical cord at birth may translate into a small boost in neurodevelopment several years later, a study suggests. Children whose cords were cut more than ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new guidelines on deferred umbilical cord clamping in preterm babies, based on evidence showing that such delays save lives.

Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby soon after birth could help reduce the risk of death, compared with immediately clamping the umbilical cord, or ...