Over 100,000 Preterm babies can be saved Each Year

 

delayed cord clamping saves premature preterm baby livesHow can premature babies be saved?

Giving babies just 1 more minute of attachment to the mother by delaying Cord Clamping would save 7800 or more preterm babies lives in the US aloneEach Year

(source: Study & Trial at an Australian Hospital in 2017)

Researchers at the University of Sydney have found that delaying the clamping of a premature baby’s umbilical cord by 60 seconds can dramatically increase its chances of survival. Professor Roger Soll of the University of Vermont College of Medicine, co-author of the APTS. (Source: smh.com.au)

 

That’s over 7800 families could be saved from going through the heartbreak of losing a newborn child. 

That would be over 100,000 preemies lives saved per year worldwide – each year

 

Simplicity of the Idea for Preterm babies

  • “The great thing is that delayed clamping can be applied immediately anywhere in the world, it doesn’t need sophisticated systems, and many thousands more can live,”says Professor William Tarnow-Mordi from the study.  (Source: smh.com.au)
  • ”Delayed umbilical cord clamping is associated with significant neonaintal benefits in preterm infants, including improved transitional circulation and better establishment of red blood cell volume decreased need for blood transfusion,”(Source: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

 

Did you know: 10% of all babies born are preterm. (source: cdc.gov)

Delayed cord clamping has a distinguished effect on premature babies, as they need as much blood as they could get.

 

What are Premature babies?

  • a Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age.  These babies are known as preemies.
  • Premature birth is a birth that takes place more than three weeks before the baby’s estimated due date. In other words, a premature birth is one that occurs before the start of the 37th week of pregnancy. … Very preterm, born at less than 32 weeks of pregnancy. Extremely preterm, born at or before 25 weeks of pregnancy,”(mayoclinic.org)