Comments on: Dispelling a Myth About the Umbilical Cord

By: Anyone else think this or am i just to paranoid?! - BabyandBump

Anyone else think this or am i just to paranoid?! - BabyandBump — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:22:09 +0000

[...] Seriously everyone, it’s not something that can harm your baby in utero. Have a look at this. [...]

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:14:10 +0000

My son was just born with a very tight nuchal cord. It had to be cut before he could be delivered. His face was swollen and deep purple from the bruising and he had blood in his eyes from the intense pressure the cord had placed on his face. He spent 6 days in the NICU recovering and we were told by many NICU nurses how lucky we were that he hadn’t suffered any facial paralysis or death because they had seen that happen with cases just like his.
We’re 3 weeks post partum and his eyes are still badly bruised with blood pooled in his eyes.
I would challenge anyone to take one look at my little boy and tell me that nuchal cords aren’t serious.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:10:17 +0000

Whoever wrote this article has no clue what there talking about.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:44:21 +0000

Babies can strangle. Mine strangled at 37 1/2 weeks the cord was around her neck 5 times and she had a true knot. Blood flow was stopped to her brain causing her death, Thats strangulation. The kicks and kicks and kicks before she died was indicitive of this. We couldn’t get her out in time. It is important to teach mothers warnings signs and not sugar coat reality.

By: carrie

carrie — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:52:39 +0000

My daughter was born at 36 weeks with her cord around her neck 2 times, and it basically strangled her. So I dont understand why someone would say this is a myth. My daughters face was bruised when she was born and you could see the spot on her neck where the cord was so tight.Its sad to say that some people think that this can not happen, it actually upsets me that this “DR” thinks that this can not happen. If he would have seen my baby, then he would have known that she was actually strangled

By: Nae

Nae — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:38:26 +0000

my son was born with the cord around his neck. he is perfectly fine. it is RARE that babies die from this. my midwife talked to me about it after i gave birth. i thought it was something that was dangerous but when she told me it RARELY is, then i calmed down about it.
not to make any one mad or anything but the article states that it is RARE not IMPOSSIBLE. so pls be kind. they are just informing you.

one again please be kind.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:48:47 +0000

I have not yet had the pleasure of having a child so I have never experienced these problems, nor do I know anyone who has. I am deeply sorry to those that have had losses from the cord wrapped around their unborn child.
However, I have to say that the people leaving comments about the article being irresponsible or wrong must not have paid very close attention. It says it is RARE, not impossible, for the cord to kill a fetus. Obviously, those people are part of the RARE statistic.
True, a fetus can not be killed by strangulation, but they can be killed by SUFFOCATION.
Suffocation: To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.
Clearly this can happen if the CORD or NECK of the fetus is squeezed too tightly as it is cutting off the blood supply to the brain therefore preventing oxygen from reaching the brain.
Just to make it clear though, I am not any type of medical professional, I’m just not stupid.
Under the same subject, but a different topic, if you are in labor and something doesn’t feel right, don’t let the doctor talk you out of a C-section. Yes, there is a point where it’s too late for a C-section but if you’re not there yet, stand your ground. I have heard and read so many stories about parents asking for a C-section because something seems off but they let the doctor bully them out of it and their child died or had severe mental or physical disabilities because of it.
In fact, don’t let a doctor do ANYTHING to you period without your permission and knowing what it is first. This is called battery and is very much illegal.

By: Lina

Lina — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:26:43 +0000

Very good information! I have been seeking for things similar to this for a time today. Thank you!

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:21:44 +0000

i am very worried now i am 28weeks and at times i hardly feel my baby move usually she moves alot but she has been moving less and less can this be something i should talk to my doctor about a.s.a.p? Reading all these comments really got me thinking and got me sad i’m sorry for all of you tht loss your babies sad thing and now i’m very worried and i’ panicing. What should i do?

By: Andra

Andra — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:54:24 +0000

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By: hollye

hollye — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:16:08 +0000

im sorry but i do not care what doctors say about babies not taking a breathe to be strangled. babies are strangled! when there is something squeezing around the neck and preventing oxygen and circulation to a very important body part, they are being strangled! Last week on sept 13th 2011, at 38 weeks, i went to the hospital for lack of fetal movement. thought for sure i was going to be told he was cramped inside my womb not moving as much, but he had no heartbeat. i had to deliver him. 408 am on the 14th i delivered my son. it was the hardest thing ever, found out he had the cord wrapped 5 times tightly around his neck and once around his body. he was a very active baby. he was strangled and killed by the cord no more or less. if the cord wasnt around his neck id have him right now. oh and its a load of crap that babies born sleeping are not conscidered humans because they never took a breathe! r.i.p. evan mommy and daddy love you.

By: jt

jt — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:26:05 +0000

Well..my friend just lost her baby girl at 37 weeks because the cord was tied in a knot…so..it is a big deal and maybe a c section isn’t such a bad choice if it could possibly save your baby

By: L. Moore

L. Moore — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:28:15 +0000

My daughter was born with her cord wrapped around her neck twice, very tightly. She was blue and white when she was born, the color of marble. It took a team of 7 to get her to breathe after she was delivered and the cord was cut. Her first Apgar score was a 4. We feel lucky that she has only slight mental disabilities from her delivery.

I have one friend whose baby boy died in utero after she was sent home from the hospital while in labor. His cord wrapped around his neck.

The mother of one of my students lost a baby when the cord wrapped around the baby’s stomach and killed her in utero.

I know people involved with deliveries want to minimize the danger of birth, but that should not include denying the realities of what can happen.

By: Naraa

Naraa — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:02:37 +0000

I am 34 years. from Mongolia. I have one child who is 9 years old boy. I can`t give birth 2 times since my lovely son. I want to give birth, but I can`t it. First time, In 2009, when my baby died at 14 weeks cause of the cord was wrapped around his neck 3 times, I thought that in the next time it would not happened me again. I really hoped it. Then about 15th of June, 2011, I felt very bad energy and I went to doctor . The doctor said me that your baby was died, no heart beating. I was shocked and I don`t understand what was happened me. Baby was 18 weeks. For this reason my husband and I went (took off) to do analysis to the Beijing Wuzhou woman`s hospital of China. He was delivered on17th of June with the cord was knotted 50 times ( get tied up), and this was indicated as the cause of his death. My and baby`s analysis will be ready after 1 month. Our RH is fine, not B, C and any viruses, triple test was fine during my pregnancy. Now I feel sometimes angry or very depressed. I would love to know how it was happened. My husband and I are researching the good hospital that which has rich experience at birth control. Please tell me If any body listen that fact. My address is naraa_3549@yahoo.com

By: amol

amol — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:55:24 +0000

just 2 days before we lost our baby because the cord was wrapped around his neck and it was very tightly wrapped. The baby was healthy and we were just week behind the due date. We dont have words to explain how we are feeling. This is very very sad reason.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 28 May 2011 14:17:33 +0000

28 years ago my oldest daughter almost died from a cord wrapped 4 times around her neck and shoulder during delivery. While I was pushing her heart rate dropped dramatically and the delivery room staff flew into action with the OB cutting me through my rectum, using forceps and nursing staff pushing on my stomach until she was delivered as a 1 on the Apgar scale. She is normal and healthy in everyway and I thank my lucky stars that I was in the hospital surrounded by medical professionals who knew what to do and saved her. She is my miracle baby!! My niece was not so lucky yesterday and I write with tears in my eyes. She attempted a home delivery with her second baby. The baby had the cord wrapped around her neck and by the time the midwife called for assistance and they got to the hospital the baby girl was dead. Our family is heartbroken and in shock. All I can say is that wrapped cords are SERIOUS and should be taken VERY SERIOUSLY.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:20:40 +0000

Crystal, I’m so sorry for your loss but what kind of a doctor would allow you to unwrap the umbilical chord yourself without trying some kind of resuscitation?

My son was also born with the chord wrapped tightly around his neck. As others have mentioned, for him, the fear was a lack of oxygen to his brain which would then have caused his organs to shut down (first). Thankfully he lived and is healthy and happy almost ten years later.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 05 May 2011 22:05:22 +0000

Wherever you got your information from is wrong.Whatever you have to say here doesn’t change the fact that I held my dead son in my arms.Looked at his purple face and unwrapped the cord from around his neck twice.He was strangled by the cord in utero 8 weeks prior to my delivery.Stop spreading misinformation about this.It is insulting to those that have lost their children from it.

By: ann

ann — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:02:47 +0000

2nd theory here: Malpractice insurance is very high $350k TO 1/2 a million is common. Most obgyn do no carry it for this same reason. I looked up nuchal cord its very RARE & when death happen the full recorded is missing from the hospitals… which means someone cut the umbilical cord too early or messed-up the delivery.

Easy scaped-goat = is the umbilical cord.

because the parents will grief BUT not $ue

By: ann

ann — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:45:53 +0000

Thank you also, this article makes sense. to the people making alarmist comments … “nature” would not provide such dangerous condition for a fetus! our pop. would be low.
2) to those whom suffered losses (reading between the lines)- I also believe something else was going on inside. I also, know the umbilical cord is very long in thelast trimester. I also know most OBGYN see you every week prior to you due date. With all that said.if future mommies are STILL worried…. buy a stethoscope & monitor your baby 35 week to the due date.

The womb = wonderful & amazing .