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

Toni Harman
8 min readDec 6, 2023

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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Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman