While umbilical severance may be delayed until after the cord has stopped pulsing (5–20 minutes after birth), there is ordinarily no significant loss of either venous or arterial blood while cutting the cord.
Rezanje se može odgoditi do trenutka kad pupkovina prestane pulsirati (5–20 minuta nakon rođenja), kada nema značajnog gubitka ni venske ni arterijske krvi tijekom rezanja.