[Comparing the effect of umbilical cord milking versus vein oxytocin injection and normal saline injection, on third stage of labor]

ABSTRACT

Introduction and Aims: one of the most important causes for maternal death in developing countries is the third stage bleeding. The main aim of this study is to compare the effect of milking umbilical cord with diluted oxytocin and normal saline injections in the umbilical cord vein, on labor third stage duration and bleeding