Keeping mom and baby connected
Today’s neonatal care is undergoing irreversible transformation, based on clear scientific findings: keeping parents and newborns together after birth is essential. A mother’s scent, touch, and voice aren’t just comforting; they reduce stress, stabilize vital signs, and ease the baby’s transition into the world.
When complications arise, we need to reduce risks to an absolute minimum. In the past, this meant cutting the umbilical cord early to treat the baby, separating baby and mother.
Breaking this bond between baby and mom is no longer necessary.
The Concord Birth Flow creates an invaluable solution for parents and newborns to remain connected after birth, even when the baby needs extra support to start breathing.
A "shock-free" birth for every baby
Clamping the umbilical cord before a baby is breathing, causes a dangerous drop in cardiac output. We are denying babies the oxygen-rich blood from the placenta that it needs so badly. As a result, we often need to repair, or even live with, the damage.
We have the opportunity to improve.
Scientists Prof. Arjan te Pas and Prof. Stuart Hooper, and a team from Leiden University Medical Center, developed a new way of working; clamping the umbilical cord at a time when the baby is fully stable and breathing on its own. This leads to a gentle switch from the oxygen-rich blood flow from the placenta to autonomous breathing and blood flow. This is called Physiological-Based Cord Clamping or PBCC.
We call this the Concord Birth Flow.
The Concord Birth Flow:
- Is safe and has no risk for mother and baby, only benefits
- Improves survival without major complications
- Reduces red blood cell transfusions and late onset sepsis
- Allows for immediate bonding between baby and mom
- Is what parents prefer, they are less anxious and more content
Source: Knol et al. 2024
Impacting the lives of babies and their families
Concord Talk
Concord Neonatal hosts a series of webinars related to Physiological-Based Cord Clamping. Key experts offer their latest scientific insights, expertise and practical experience.
We are Concord Neonatal
We are Concord Neonatal. We exist to help babies win in the first minutes of life. Especially the ones that are born too soon or those who need extra support.
The realization of the Concord Birth Flow with the Concord Birth Trolley is the first step. Together with our Community, we gather, accumulate and translate the experience and insights to create new and improved workflows, tools, products and services that help caregivers to help babies win.
Having the best possible support, close to mom, in the first minutes of life outside is a birthright for every baby.
Let's get birth right!
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