Table 5.

Outcome for the women

	Clamp ≥2 min+neonatal care with cord intact	Clamp ≤20 s+neonatal care after clamping
	n=130	n=124
Blood loss at birth
≥500 mL	58 (45%)	59 (48%)
≥1000 mL	11 (8%)	13 (10%)
For vaginal births*
manual removal of placenta	5 (10%)	6 (11%)
Third stage>30 min	4 (8%)	6 (11%)
Blood transfusion	5 (4%)	3 (2%)
Postpartum infection+parenteral antibiotics	34 (26%)	29 (23%)
Fever >38°C	8 (6%)	5 (4%)
Duration of hospital stay (days) median (IQR)	4 (2, 6)	4 (2, 6)
Expressing/breast feeding at discharge†	121 (96%)	111 (93%)

*n=48 clamping ≥2 min; n=57 clamping ≤20 s.

†For women whose babies were alive at time of their discharge, n=126 clamping ≥2 min; n=120 clamping ≤20 s.