Sentences with phrase «umbilical cord around»

It is despicable that the NRA has a wrapped umbilical cord around the necks of our spineless politicians which prevents them from fulfilling the will of the people; that is, creating reasonable and effective gun control.
Such injuries may be due to medical negligence through the failure to recognize and timely respond to nuchal cord (the wrapping of the umbilical cord around the baby's head), breech presentation, or problems with the mother's placenta, to name just a few.
Either way, an umbilical cord around the neck is no good, because of the huge risks to baby's health and safety during delivery.
I did that and I wrapped the umbilical cord around my fingers a few times and gave a light pull.
Edited and updated: July 2014 To get this blog going I decided to write about a slight obsession of mine: The fear of, and routine midwifery management of nuchal cords at birth (umbilical cord around the neck).
If you find the umbilical cord around your baby's neck, hook a finger under it and slowly loosen it enough to ease it over his head.

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The head came out, then the doctor unwrapped the umbilical cord from around its neck, then the rest of Drew William followed.
It turned out that Julian's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck three times.
I am writing a report on adult personalities and characteristics after having been born breech birth with the umbilical cord wrapped around their neck?
What would you do, for instance, if the baby had the umbilical cord wrapped around his or her neck?
Many mothers fear that the umbilical cord, also called nuchal cord, might wrap around baby's neck.
An infected umbilical cord may have a foul - smelling discharge and / or the skin around the cord may be red and tender.
Was the baby's umbilical cord wrapped around the neck?
After around week 3 the umbilical cord stump will fall off.
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To avoid rubbing against the umbilical cord, avoid tight clothing or waistbands around the stomach and make sure to fold every diaper down so it does not rub up against the stump.
After your baby's head emerges, your doctor or midwife will suction her mouth and nose and feel around her neck for the umbilical cord.
You can try baby swimming lessons really early, as long as the umbilical cord stump (and any circumcision) is completely healed and your child is above certain weight limits (usually around 9 lbs (4 kg)-RRB-.
No one can prevent a breech baby or an umbilical cord tying around a fetus» neck.
She was covered in meconium and the umbilical cord was wrapped several times around her neck and body.
My practitioner observed that the umbilical cord was around my son's neck during labor and she was calm as water.
But a week before their baby girl was to arrive, the umbilical cord somehow wrapped around her neck and took her life before it ever began.
The midwife quickly lifts the umbilical cord, which has wrapped around the baby's neck during delivery and makes her appear bluish.
You should call your baby's doctor or pediatrician if there is a foul odor coming from the area of the umbilical cord, if there is redness around the cord or if your baby is running a fever.
Many babies are born with the umbilical cord wrapped around their neck, and it usually takes just a moment or two for the healthcare practitioner to unwrap it during delivery.
Find out whether holding your arms over your head during pregnancy can cause the umbilical cord to wrap around your baby's neck.
By the third week, the umbilical cord stump will have separated from your baby's belly but the area around his belly button might still be a little raw.
The sponge bath helps to clean your baby in a delicate manner, especially around the little umbilical cord stump.
Plus, if the baby is breech due to a short umbilical cord or a nuchal cord (the cord around its neck), attempting an inversion can cause immediate distress.
Make sure to be nice and careful around the umbilical cord stump area as you clean the baby.
In addition, the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck, which would have further complicated the delivery.
There are instances where babies in the womb stop receiving nutrients, if something is wrong with the umbilical cord or placenta, and in some absolutely horrendous cases, the baby is actually wrapped around the umbilical cord, which could be life threatening.
The umbilical cord was wrapped loosely around her neck, so she unwrapped it.
If you're noticing a theme, that's because a lot of newborn care has to do with the umbilical cord stump and area around it.
Keep the umbilical cord stump and the skin around it clean and dry until the stump shrivels and falls off.
Rowan was delivered via an emergency C - section with an umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
After your baby's head is out, your doctor or midwife will check to see if the umbilical cord is around his neck (she'll simply unwrap it if it is).
Up until that day (which is around 1 - 2 weeks after birth), sponge baths are recommended since that umbilical cord needs to stay dry!
the umbilical cord slipping down through the entrance of the womb before the baby is born (known as cord prolapse) or wrapping around the baby's neck
I am strong because while in the operating room, we found out my son's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck.
Treat normal umbilical cord bleeding by cleaning the area around the umbilical cord and applying a small amount of pressure to the umbilical stump to slow and stop the bleeding.
Theresa actually has a pretty cool story about her daughter that was born and actually had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
Most babies with a pressing issue are delivered safely, despite being discovered to have the umbilical cord wrapped around their neck.
Deckard was born at 7:02 PM but he had a short umbilical cord that was tightly wrapped one time around his neck.
In one of the most recent studies to document the extraordinary exposure and accumulation of pollutants and toxins in children today, the umbilical cord blood of babies from around America was tested for toxins at the time of their births.
When Lisa Ling was pregnant with her first daughter, Jett, doctors discovered the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck — making a C - section a necessity.
Trials around the world are studying umbilical cord blood's capabilities in a wide range of diseases (see Table 2 here): Cerebral palsy, autism, diabetes and lupus are currently under investigation.
And instead of hitching planes to an umbilical cord of radar - based navigation aids, the satellite system will open routes around the globe, enabling planes to take more direct paths.
In addition, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her several times, and she had begun to show signs of distress as the labor progressed.
Sophia arrived at the nursery with her umbilical cord tightly wrapped around her leg, leaving her with a severely infected back paw that needed to be amputated.
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