Medical Update

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