What is your baby's umbilical cord? The umbilical cord starts to form at about 4 weeks of pregnancy. It's your baby's lifeline to the placenta, the pancake-shaped organ attached to your uterus.

What is velamentous cord insertion? Typically, the umbilical cord connects a developing baby's belly to the middle of the placenta. This is where the cord is most secure and can e ...

To provide an increasing body of knowledge related to umbilical cord care, a literature review was conducted to study the evolution of umbilical cord care, to evaluate the scientific evidence used ...

Consider the poignant story of your baby's umbilical cord. For nine months it faithfully served as your baby's lifeline. It provided him with oxygen, with nutrients, with life itself. Now ...