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Why is the umbilical cord cut before a newborn has started to breathe on its own?

Why is the umbilical cord cut before a newborn has started to breathe on its own?
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Why is the umbilical cord cut before a newborn has started to breathe on its own?

Why is the umbilical cord cut before a newborn has started to breathe on its own?-example-1
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to dis touch it from the mom

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So that the baby is no longer attached to the placenta.
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