Consult with your doctor if
the skin around the cord becomes red or swollen.
An infected umbilical cord may have a foul - smelling discharge and / or
the skin around the cord may be red and tender.
Not exact matches
Home birth, moved
around and cleaned house, calm and tranquil, different positions, swayed hips, back rubbed, listens to body and moves in labour according to own impulses and desires, remembers she can do it, trusts body to push when ready,
cord cut peacefully and in good time, baby straight to
skin and held while birthing placenta, peaceful and natural.
Signs would be a bad - smelling discharge from the
cord, red
skin around the base of the
cord, or if the baby cries when you touch the
cord or
skin next to it.
Keep the umbilical
cord stump and the
skin around it clean and dry until the stump shrivels and falls off.
But if the area continues to smell and discharge, won't stop bleeding, or the
skin of the belly
around the
cord looks red or infected, you'll need to call your doctor.
After poor, wolfish Budd is dispatched with a tight
cord around the neck, a clueless Karen — following a brief make - out session with Michael Myers» hand — is repeatedly dunked by the merciless killer into the scalding - hot water of the Jacuzzi tub, until you can actually spot the nasty flaps of burnt
skin hanging off her face.