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Umbilical cord
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A 49-year old asked:
What cause an umbilical cord painful?
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A 37-year old asked:
What if the umbilical cord doesnt coil?
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A 42-year old asked:
How do I clean my baby's umbilical cord?
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A 37-year old asked:
What so special about a thick umbilical cord?
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A 48-year old asked:
What are risks of an excessively coiled umbilical cord?
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A 32-year old asked:
Would it be acceptable for the umbilical cord to bleed?
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A 39-year old asked:
How do doctors cut the umbilical cord in a certain way?
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A 38-year old asked:
Where does the umbilical cord connect to inside a baby?
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A 47-year old asked:
Does a baby feel his umbilical cord being cut off when he is born?
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A 47-year old asked:
Age 20 and I think I can see my umbilical cord still. What do I do?
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A 46-year old asked:
What should you do if your babys umbilical cord falls off one week sooner ?
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A 40-year old asked:
I don't get to do it!! do the student doctors cut the umbilical cord a certain way?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What do you do for a herniated umbilical cord in a baby? Why does it happen in the first place?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Is it possible for an adult to have remnants of umbilical cord? And if so, how can it be removed?
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A 27-year old asked:
why does my baby start kicking and flipping more when i lay down? could my positioning cause umbilical cord issues?
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A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: Short umbilical cord?
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A member asked:
How far back does a drug test go using the baby's umbilical cord?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What does the doctor do with the placenta and umbilical cord after the baby is born?
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A 25-year old female asked about a 27-year old female:
My sister's fetus' umbilical cord is swollen, should we be worried? Is this dangerous?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Can you request that the umbilical cord and placenta be immediately tossed in the medical waste?
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A 37-year old asked:
heard it's beneficial to leave the umbilical cord attached to baby for 3 to 5 min so blood can go back to baby. True,benefits to doing this?Dangers?
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A 38-year old asked:
Who can cut the umbilical cord for the mom?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Is it normal if umbilical cord stump bleeds?
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A 37-year old asked:
Should we save our baby's umbilical cord stump?
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A 39-year old asked:
What diseases is the umbilical cord of a newborn baby used to treat?
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A 30-year old asked:
My sister thinks I should keep my baby's umbilical cord stump for our baby album. Isn't that overdoing it?
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A 34-year old female asked:
My ObGyn says he will wait for umbilical cord to stop pulsing before being cut. Why is this of significance?
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A 27-year old female asked:
My son is 2 weeks old and his umbilical cord is half way off but his wound still looks fresh.i s this ok or should I call his doctor?
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A member asked:
does it matter how long the umbilical cord on a new born is attached before it is cut off ? Are there pros to having it stay on longer?
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A 24-year old female asked:
My newborn lost her umbilical cord this afternoon. When I noticed it had fallin off I also noticed that the cord site was green. Is this normal or no?
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