Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Time Magazine: Obstetrics, Cutting the Cord Too Soon

A Time Magazine article quoting an article that supports delaying cutting the cord.
Love this quote from the end of the article:

Delay allows a gradual change from fetal to regular circulation without putting stress on blood vessels in the lungs and elsewhere in the body. The carefree manner in which the newly born infant is "disconnected" from his mother, concludes the report, "is in sharp contrast to the meticulous care with which the thoracic surgeon separates his patient from the heart-lung machine."