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Uploaded by on Feb 16, 2009

URI professor Judith Mercer talks about the benefits of delaying umbilical cord clamping for very low birth weight babies. Delaying for just 30-45 seconds at birth causes less bleeding in babies' brains, and fewer infections, and the babies nursed better, were warmer, and cried less.

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  • Perhaps one day this professor will join the chorus to support the Physiology of labour and birth rather than talk about such moves as"intervention(s) "??

  • such sweet babies

  • WELL DERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

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