As soon as the head of the infant is delivered, wipe its eyes clean with sterile saline. Maintain its head lower than the body to allow drainage of mouth secretions and keep the infant lower than the mother until the cord is cut. This way the baby will get more blood and will be stronger.
• Suck infant’s throat with sterile catheter.
• At birth the cord pulsates and it, is fat and blue, wait till it becomes thin and white and stops pulsating.
• Clamp the cord between two artery forceps and cut it with sterile scissors or tie it in two places with ribbon and cut between the ties with clean unused razor blade under aseptic precautions. Always cut cord close to the body of the baby, leaving about 2 cm attached to the abdominal wall. Cover the cut end of the cord with clean beta dine soaked swale on Tincture Benzoicco.
• Baby should cry immediately if its condition is satisfactory. If it does not, it might need resuscitation. Rub his back with towel or a cloth. If still does not breathe then suck the mucus from nose and mouth with suction or clean cloth wrapped around your finger. If he does not breathe within one minute, then start mouth to mouth breathing at once. When spontaneous breathing is established, place infant in a prewarmed cot with head one side tilted down to allow drainage of secretions from respiratory tract. In many hospitals all infants are given one dose of 1 mg of vit. K to prevent hemorrhagic disease of new born but remember, if you give milk in higher doses it can lead to severe jaundice.

Question: What is umbilical hernia in newborn baby?
This is a common problem, and the vast majority correct themselves by 5 years of age. If they persist beyond this age, a small operation can be done to correct it. Most infants can have the lump in the center of their belly button pushed back into the abdomen.
If the lump cannot be reduced, or it becomes red and tender, a doctor should be consulted immediately. This is uncommon, but sometimes a small loop of gut can get caught in the hernia.
The umbilical hernias developed by older people are actually a different disease, due to a breakdown of the fibrous tissue above or below the umbilicus, and again rarely cause problems.