The benefits of delayed cord clamping
Updated 25 Oct 2026
According to WHO recommendations, delayed cord clamping is one of the important steps in essential newborn care.
- Specifically, once the baby is born, the umbilical cord is no longer needed, so it is clamped and cut to separate the baby completely from the mother's body.
- Delayed cord clamping means waiting until the cord stops pulsating before clamping and cutting it.
Delayed cord clamping is becoming a trend in obstetrics because of the wonderful benefits it brings to your baby's health and development, as follows:
- For full-term babies:
- Better iron stores: babies with delayed cord clamping have twice the iron stores at 3-6 months.
- Less need for phototherapy than babies with early cord clamping.
- Haemoglobin at 24 - 48 hours is higher in babies with delayed cord clamping than in babies with early cord cutting.
- Lower risk of anaemia requiring a blood transfusion.
- For premature babies:
- Delayed cord clamping helps reduce newborn deaths.
- Delayed cord clamping increases haemoglobin concentration by 2.73%.
- Lower rate of babies needing blood transfusions.
- Lower rate of brain haemorrhage.
Sources
Content advised by our doctors.
- ACOG – Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth | ACOG (accessed 22 Oct 2026)
- WHO – Optimal timing of cord clamping for the prevention of iron deficiency anaemia in infants (accessed 22 Oct 2026)
- Vinmec – Kẹp cắt rốn chậm để làm gì? | Vinmec (accessed 22 Oct 2026)
This article helps you understand and prepare. It does not replace a check-up. For an answer about your own situation, please ask the doctor who is caring for you.
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