Consider the poignant story of your baby's umbilical cord. For nine months it faithfully served as your baby's lifeline. It provided him with oxygen, with nutrients, with life itself. Now ...

To provide an increasing body of knowledge related to umbilical cord care, a literature review was conducted to study the evolution of umbilical cord care, to evaluate the scientific evidence used ...

WHO also recommends delayed umbilical cord clamping, which is not earlier ... effects of delayed cord clamping on bilirubin ...

Methods: We performed a randomized controlled trial investigating effect of early (< 10 sec) versus delayed (>180 sec) umbilical cord clamping in 400 full-term normal deliveries. Blood sampling ...

In light of alcohol's limited effect on decreasing colonization, and its deleterious effect of prolonging cord separation time, it is not recommended as a routine treatment for umbilical cord care.