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11/12/2025

Let’s have a baby! I am currently booking all services for 2026. DM for a free consult.

11/10/2025

The "BRR" months are here! 🥶

It's time to keep kids safe and warm in their car seats. Blankets are a good alternative to a heavy, puffy coat, which can cause the car seat harness to not fit snugly.

10/27/2025

10/27/2025

10/27/2025

ACOG PUBLICATIONS
ACOG Clinical Practice Update: An Update to Clinical Guidance for Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth in Preterm Neonates
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Obstetrics & Gynecology 146(3):p 442-444, September 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006020

ACOG Clinical Practice Update: An Update to Clinical Guidance for Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth in Preterm Neonates, 9/2025:
•Defer umbilical cord clamping for at least 60 seconds in preterm neonates born at less than 37 weeks of gestation who are deemed not to require immediate resuscitation at birth.
•In preterm neonates born at 28 0/7–36 6/7 weeks of gestation who do not receive deferred cord clamping, umbilical cord milking is a reasonable alternative to immediate cord clamping to improve neonatal hematologic outcomes.
ACOG CO 814:
•In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes. •Delayed umbilical cord clamping is associated with significant neonatal benefits in preterm infants, including improved transitional circulation, better establishment of red blood cell volume, decreased need for blood transfusion, and lower incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis and intraventricular hemorrhage. •Given the benefits to most newborns and concordant with other professional organizations, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends a delay in umbilical cord clamping in vigorous term and preterm infants for at least 30–60 seconds after birth.
•There is a small increase in the incidence of jaundice that requires phototherapy in term infants undergoing delayed umbilical cord clamping. Consequently, obstetrician–gynecologists and other obstetric care providers adopting delayed umbilical cord clamping in term infants should ensure that mechanisms are in place to monitor and treat neonatal jaundice.
•Delayed umbilical cord clamping does not increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage.

ACOG PUBLICATIONS
ACOG Clinical Practice Update: An Update to Clinical Guidance for Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth in Preterm Neonates
Author Information
Obstetrics & Gynecology 146(3):p 442-444, September 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006020

Abstract
This Clinical Practice Update provides guidance related to management of the umbilical cord at birth based on recently published data regarding short, medium, and long deferral of cord clamping; cord milking; and immediate cord clamping in preterm neonates. In this document, the terms “deferred” and “delayed” are used interchangeably as they relate to management of the cord at birth. This document updates Committee Opinion No. 814, Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth (Obstet Gynecol 2020;136:e100–6).

10/24/2025

The 2025 Cochrane review on immediate and early skin-to-skin contact after birth highlights that further randomized controlled trials comparing skin-to-skin contact with ‘usual care’ are no longer ethical.

The findings show there is now enough evidence to make immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth the global standard of care, and as WHO already recommends skin-to-skin the standard of care, the authors argue that randomizing the separation of mother and newborn may no longer be justifiable.

Read more:
https://centerforbreastfeeding.org/cochrane-review-2025

10/23/2025

Hey Families,
If you are looking for a car seat, here is a resource.

10/17/2025

Grief doesn't expire. 💜

10/07/2025

what she said 👇🏻💁🏼‍♀️

10/04/2025

💙 October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. 💙

No one should have to walk through loss and grief alone. We are proud to offer free, online peer support groups to help parents find connection, comfort, and understanding.

From early pregnancy loss to stillbirth, infant loss, parenting after loss, and more—there is a space for you. 🌸

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