Importance of delayed cord clamping

1. Management of the Nuchal Cord at Birth by Hutchon, D.R.J. (doi:10.22038/JMRH.2013.1249).
2. Measuring placental transfusion for term births: weighing babies with cord intact by Farrar, D, Airey, R, Law, G.R, Tuffnell, D, Cattle, B. and Duley L. (doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02781.x) 
3. Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord to reduce infant anaemia, a 2013 WHO brief.
4. Wait for white - informational website on the benefits of optimal cord clamping
5. To feel, or not to feel? Dr. Sara Wickham's post on nuchal cord management
6. Nucal cords: The perfect scapgoat. Blog post on optimal clamping, the dangers of interventions used for nuchal cord management and explanation of the somersault maneuver by Dr. Rachel Reed.
7. Nuchal Cord Management and Nurse-Midwifery Practice by Mercer, J.S, Skovgaard, R.L, Peareara-Eaves, J. and Bowman, T.A. (doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.04.023)

Descriptions of the somersault maneuver

1. Nucal cords: The perfect scapgoat. Blog post on optimal clamping, the dangers of interventions used for nuchal cord management and explanation of the somersault maneuver by Dr. Rachel Reed.
2. Practice tips: "Somersault” maneuver for a tight umbilical cord by Reynaulds L.  
3. Somersault Maneuver demo - video, ECU College of Nursing 2012. 
4. Clinical practice procedures: Obstetrics/Nuchal umbilical cord published by Queensland Ambulance Sercive. 

Interesting videos showing a nuchal cord at birth - with or without the somersault maneuver

1. Hands-off hospital birth with multiple nuchal cord 
2. Hospital birth, single nuchal cord, long cord and somersault not used.

Published: 2nd of November 2020.​


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