Early Versus Delayed Cord Clamping at Term: Outcomes in Swedish Infants

Inclusion Criteria

• •non-smoking mother
• •healthy mother (no hemolytic disease, no treatment with any of the following drugs: anticonvulsants, antidepressants, thyroid hormone, insulin, chemotherapy or cortisone),
• •normal pregnancy (no preeclampsia, no diabetes, no prolonged rupture of membranes or signs of infection)
• •single birth, term pregnancy (gestational age 37 +0 until 41 +6 weeks + days)
• •expected vaginal delivery with cephalic presentation
• •mother should be able to master Swedish well enough to participate in the study
• •mother should live close enough to the hospital to be ready to return for follow up after four months.