A great blog post from a midwife about nuchal cords (or a cord around the neck). This event occurs in about a third of births, and this post explains why it’s not the disaster or emergency it seems to be to most. Most people have heard of birth stories where the baby “nearly died” because of a cord around the neck, when really, the baby was in no danger at all.
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Ahhh, love this! Itbreaks my heart when doctors tell the parents that the reason something happened was because the cord...
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Yep! Most nuchal cords are pretty loose and can be looped around.
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Demitri’s cord was around his head. I didn’t even know about it until I read my labour log, because it really didn’t...
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