Table 1 For women who returned questionnaires: baseline characteristics, baby’s length of stay and baby status
First (at 4–8 weeks) | Second (at 1 year) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clamp ≥ 2 min + neonatal care with cord intact | Clamp ≤ 20 s + neonatal care after clamping | Clamp ≥ 2 min + neonatal care with cord intact | Clamp ≤ 20 s + neonatal care after clamping | |
n = 99 (%) | n = 87 (%) | n = 83 (%) | n = 50 (%) | |
Age (years) | ||||
< 20 | 2 (2%) | 7 (8%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) |
20–24 | 14 (14%) | 14 (16%) | 11 (13%) | 6 (12%) |
25–29 | 19 (19%) | 21 (24%) | 13 (16%) | 12 (24%) |
30–34 | 41 (41%) | 29 (33%) | 38 (46%) | 16 (32%) |
35–39 | 18 (18%) | 10 (11%) | 15 (18%) | 9 (18%) |
≥ 40 | 5 (5%) | 6 (7%) | 5 (6%) | 6 (12%) |
Consent pathway | ||||
usual one-stage | 73 (74%) | 68 (78%) | 60 (72%) | 39 (78%) |
two-stage | 26 (26%) | 19 (22%) | 23 (28%) | 11 (22%) |
Gestation at birth (weeks) | ||||
< 26 | 15 (15%) | 8 (9%) | 12 (14%) | 4 (8%) |
26+ 0–27+ 6 | 22 (22%) | 16 (18%) | 16 (19%) | 8 (16%) |
28+ 0–29+ 6 | 27 (27%) | 34 (39%) | 22 (27%) | 20 (40%) |
30+ 0 - 31+ 6 | 34 (34%) | 28 (32%) | 31 (37%) | 16 (32%) |
≥ 32 | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (4%) |
Blood loss at birth (ml) | ||||
0–499 | 49 (49%) | 44 (51%) | 41 (49%) | 23 (46%) |
500–999 | 41 (41%) | 33 (38%) | 34 (41%) | 21 (42%) |
≥ 1000 | 9 (9%) | 10 (11%) | 8 (10%) | 6 (12%) |
For baby: | ||||
length of hospital stay1 (weeks) | ||||
≤ 6 | 27 (27%) | 24 (28%) | 25 (30%) | 16 (32%) |
> 6 | 70 (71%) | 61 (70%) | 56 (67%) | 33 (66%) |
died before discharge | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
status when questionnaire completed2 | ||||
alive | 98 (99%) | 83 (95%) | 81 (98%) | 48 (96%) |
dead | 1 (1%) | 4 (5%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (4%) |