While no differences were observed in full-scale IQ between infants with delayed umbilical cord clamping vs. those with early umbilical cord clamping, delayed clamping resulted in improvements in fine-motor and social skills at age 4 — particularly among boys.“Delaying umbilical cord clamping by 2 to 3 minutes after delivery allows fetal blood remaining in the placental circulation to be transfused back to the newborn,” Ola Andersson, MD, PhD, of Uppsala University in Sweden, and colleagues wrote. This process has been associated with improved iron status at 4 to 6 months of age.
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