Future doctors, or should i say future gynae, here's one article i got from July 2007 Reader's Digest titled 'DELAY CUTTING THE CORD' under the 'Medical Update' section.
"Newborns have a better blood count if the umbilical cord isn't cut for at least two minutes after birth, suggests a new review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. After examining 15 trials of early and late cord cutting, Dr. Eileen Hutton of McMaster University, Ontario, concluded that a delay is beneficial. "Advantages include improved blood count and iron status, and a reduced risk of anaemia," she says. "These benefits last three to six months into infancy."
"Some practitioners clamp the cord immediately [just] because they have learnt to do it that way," says Hutton. "But there is enough evidence to recommend a delay of at least two minutes."
Just a piece of information and a little added post to the blog ;)
Regards,
Hwee Wen
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7 comments:
oh...now isn dat interesting :) makes sense haha..thx hwee wen..but no...gynae is d last field i'd go in2 ;)
Haha...anyway, i got bored of seeing the same post everyday so i'm juz thinkin of updating it, dat was my intention...lol.
Even if i'm a doctor, i'll nvr go into gynaecology, i doubt it'll b my last option at all, i guess i juz dread seeing those 'stuff' all the time. Lol.
hahaha...good one :) no1 updates dis blog lar...so sesat..i post so many posts u noe =.="
hahaha....swtness...well.....u shud b ...err...used 2 it? XD jk~
Haha...i guess in order for me to post sth here is thru stuffs like dis since i can't b posting personal experiences here. Hopefully no one minds more of these posts...
Probably gotta b used to it bt i'm sure i can choose to specialise in sth dat i won't dread seeing for life ;)
its fine..i'm sure no1 minds :) i'm just happy some1 is posting :D
ahaha....indeed... haha..weirdness :P
hwee wen!!! tell me u r coming to see me in manipal!!! plzzzz >.<
err...err...err...i can't tell! I'll tell u few months later :)
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