I am looking for Elaine Healey, Kay Greenish, Carolyn Armstrong, or Sarah
Ayers to help clarify some information in the article entitled "A study of
the relationship between the delivery to cord clamping interval and the time
of cord separation." This study was completed in the late 80s at the John
Radcliffe and published in Midwifery in 1991. They didn't find any
difference in the time for cord separation but they did find a significant
difference (p = 0.05) in the number of mothers breastfeeding in the late
clamped group (more) versus the early clamped group. It is not clear in the
article exactly when the breastfeeding rate was assessed and how long the
mothers were visited and that is the piece of information that I need.
I am preparing a review of the cord clamping literature for the Journal of
Midwifery and Women's Health (USA) and this article is very important as it
is the largest randomized controlled trial ever done related to cord clamping
time and it is very well done.
Their finding fits in well with my theory that late-clamped babies have
better circulation to the gut making digestion easier and that they
breastfeed more calmly causing fewer problems for the Mums. Has anyone else
noted that phenomenon? It comes from my days of doing homebirths where we
always delayed the clamping with all babies, even those who were
distressed-something that is much harder to do in the hospital.
If anyone knows where I can contact any of the above named individuals (they
were part of the Oxford Midwives Research Group) or if they are on this
listserve, I would love to know. Thank you for any help you can give me.
Judith S. Mercer, CNM, DNSc
University of Rhode Island, USA
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