hearing that your baby has the cord around its neck or seeing the baby's head come out
and see a cord around the neck i don't want this to scare you i want you to be prepared so i have
the internet's most common questions i bet that questions that you have are included in this list
and maybe even questions that you haven't thought about we are going to cover in this video
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into that list here we go is it normal to have umbilical cord around the baby's neck yes that
is normal so it is a normal thing that the babies do inside the womb as you know they move around
and the placenta is fixed and the cord is fixed to the baby but as they move around they might just
loop their neck with the core that is a normal behavior that happens inside of the room the womb
is it common for to babe the baby to have a cord around their neck so common it is actually common
and you might be surprised one in four babies have a cord wrapped around their neck a nuchal cord
personally i have four children and two of my four had a cord around their neck interesting
is the cord around the neck dangerous so the cord around the neck in the vast majority of the cases
is not dangerous the importance of the cord just back up a little bit the cord brings oxygen to
the baby so since the baby is not breathing inside the womb they don't have any way to get oxygen and
they get it straight into their blood from the blood that comes from the placenta through the
cord so what is important is that the cord still has a flow going through and usually when the cord
is wrapped around the baby's neck the flow is not impeded so there shouldn't be an issue with that
if there is something else going on that's compressing the cord
or restricting it then that could be dangerous but generally it is not because it is just wrapped
around the baby's neck how do you know if the cord is wrapped around the neck so the vast majority
of the times that we find out that the baby has a cord around their neck is at birth so we will
have the baby's head pop out baby's head usually comes out like this looking down
and the care provider whoever's catching the baby the doctor and the midwife will see the cord
and that's the first sign of oh the baby had a cord around their neck now sometimes a in an
ultrasound you might hear oh your baby's cord is around their neck that is one indication that the
baby might have a cord but in general it's not until actual seeing that cord at the delivery
do you have to have a c-section if the cord is around the neck well i kind of answered that
question because i said most of the time you see it after the baby's head pops out
so even if you saw your baby head cord around their neck in an ultrasound that doesn't indicate
that you need a c-section sometimes if the cord is super tight if it's wrapped several times
and there is an issue with the baby's heart rate during labor that we see the baby is in distress
and a c-section is recommended during the c-section surgery and if they notice oh it
looks like the cord was very tight or wrapped multiple times they might say that could have
been a factor to play into the c-section but it's not a given that that's going to cause an issue
with the baby can the cord around the neck cause stillbirth a stillbirth can happen as a result
of a problem with the cord and the baby getting that oxygenation but it's not because the baby has
cord around the neck there is a stillbirth that is not a at all a given that is a very
rare occurrence and it is probably due to other factors with the cord not just the fact
that it wraps around the baby's neck are there complications of the cord around the baby's neck
there can be complications if the baby's cord is is for somehow restricting that blood flow that
we talked about so if the cord is wrapped multiple times or the cord positioned or it's super tight
that could cause fetal heart rate issues and could lead to the need for a cesarean
during you know labor could indicate a need for a cesarean but again in general most babies
don't have any problems with the cord around the neck how do you prevent the cord going around
their neck so this is a very easy answer there is no way to prevent this from happening what is the
delivery like when the cord is around the neck oh so this is a good one as the baby's head comes out
and the provider sees a cord usually all they have to do is just do a little slip like that and
that's it if the cord is very very tight where they can't slip then they might clamp it right
there and cut it before the rest of the baby is born it's usually something that the provider will
say we have a quarter on the neck or the cord will sit the provider will usually say there's a nuchal
cord out loud and then if you're in the room if you are the one giving birth you might have been
alarmed but hopefully since you've made it this far in the video you will realize that this is
a normal thing that happens and your providers should be able to easily take care of it and for
for you not to be alarmed i hope that that is where you are at the end of this list now
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