Hannah Dahlen is affiliated with the Australian College of Midwives. She receives funding from NHMRC and ARC. One of the most common surgical procedures in the world today – one that every human alive ...

Changes are happening in more and more labor and delivery rooms across the country. Doctors are waiting at least 30 to 60 seconds before clamping and cutting the umbilical cord. The practice was ...

It's a moment when time really flies — a baby is born, a nurse swoops in to clamp and cut the umbilical cord and often in under a minute, mom has baby in arms. But if that process just took a little ...

For the layperson, a few minutes might tick by without a second thought, but those precious minutes after a baby is born could be beneficial for newborns later in life, some doctors say. When to ...

Obstetricians and midwives should wait a few minutes before clamping the umbilical cords of newborn infants so that babies are not harmed by the procedure, an expert urges in an new article.

Here's everything you need to know about the umbilical cord – both during and after pregnancy.