New research: Delayed cord clamping reduces risk of preterm infant death by up to 66% (so why aren’t we doing it?)

2 new studies published in The Lancet found waiting for at least 2 minutes to clamp the umbilical cord of preterm babies could decrease risk of infant death by up to 66%. The question is: Why aren’t we doing it?

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I have a bee in my bonnet.

We have known for years that delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord can benefit all babies.

Now 2 new studies published in The Lancet make it very clear that an intervention is urgently needed — to change routine hospital practice to follow the latest evidence-based research.