Since we are prenatal and pediatric chiropractors, we love sharing information with our expecting moms and dads. The following information can be found in Pathways Magazine, the official magazine of the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association. At our office in Fort Collins, we have many extra (and free) Pathways magazines for parents to have.
“The umbilical cord is usually clamped immediately after birth,” write José M. Ceriani Cernadas, MD, from the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires in Argentina, and colleagues. “There is no sound evidence to support this approach, which might deprive the newborn of some benefits such as an increase in iron storage…Iron deficiency early in life may have pronounced central nervous system effects such as cognitive impairment; iron deficiency is also the main cause of anemia, one of the most serious conditions in childhood, especially in developing countries… ”
Since we are prenatal and pediatric chiropractors, we love sharing information with our expecting moms and dads. The following information can be found in Pathways Magazine, the official magazine of the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association. At our office in Fort Collins, we have many extra (and free) Pathways magazines for parents to have.
“The umbilical cord is usually clamped immediately after birth,” write José M. Ceriani Cernadas, MD, from the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires in Argentina, and colleagues. “There is no sound evidence to support this approach, which might deprive the newborn of some benefits such as an increase in iron storage…Iron deficiency early in life may have pronounced central nervous system effects such as cognitive impairment; iron deficiency is also the main cause of anemia, one of the most serious conditions in childhood, especially in developing countries… ”
“Delayed cord clamping at birth increases neonatal mean venous hematocrit within a physiologic range,” the authors write. “Furthermore, this intervention seems to reduce the rate of neonatal anemia. This practice has been shown to be safe and should be implemented to increase neonatal iron storage at birth.”
To read the entire article, please visit – https://icpa4kids.org/Wellness-Articles/delayed-cord-clamping-at-birth-reduces-neonatal-anemia.html
