maternal anxiety The entanglement of the umbilical cord (EUC) around a newborn’s neck, body, or trunk is a common phenomenon observed during delivery. Single loops, nuchal locations, and...
Learn when the umbilical cord stump falls off, and how to gently clean and care for your baby's future belly button before then.
Discover how to care for your little one’s umbilical cord stump so it stays clean and dry, and learn the signs of an infection. Read more here.
These clamps are safer and faster, allowing one to first apply the cord clamp and then cut the umbilical cord. After the cord is clamped and cut, the newborn wears a
Taking a few seconds to push umbilical cord blood into a baby’s belly could provide extra essential nutrients. But questions about the practice remain.
Learn about Umbilical cord care in newborns or find a doctor at Mount Sinai Health System.
Police in northern Florida are investigating the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby -- with the umbilical cord still attached -- in a woman's backyard.
A newborn baby boy with an umbilical cord still attached was pulled from a dumpster this week outside an apartment block in South Houston. In heartbreaking footage obtained by ABC13, EMS can be seen rescuing the newborn — who was found healthy — out of the dumpster behind an apartment complex in southwest Houston on Sunday just before 2 p.m. Reporters from the local outlet claim that they saw Houston Police Department investigators focusing their attention on a nearby food truck. The investigators took pictures inside and spoke to multiple ...
When your baby is born, the umbilical cord is cut and there is a stump left. The stump should dry and fall off by the time your baby is 5 to 15 days old. Keep the stump clean with gauze and water o...
Gently squeezing blood from the umbilical cord towards the heart of a newborn who is not breathing well has beneficial effects, according to an international research team that included a U of A pe...