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Could cutting the umbilical cord too soon stress newborns? | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NewBornians - Baby's umbilical cord used to be clamped and cut within the first 10 to 15 seconds after birth however, research and studies show that delaying clamping the cord has a
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