suffered difficulties at birth, but many minimize the importance of complications at birth. Most do not make any mention of how the brain might be affected.
insufficiency. Oxygen is the most urgent ongoing need of all aerobic species. Avoiding a lapse in respiration should be a priority during childbirth. Procedures that may impair oxygen delivery before, during, and after birth should be stopped. The most dangerous is clamping of the umbilical cord before the newborn lungs are fully functional. |
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