Bridget's Pregnancy Blog

Another of the decisions I’ve had to make for my birth plan was how to handle the umbilical cord. Now, you’d think that this wouldn’t require too much thought. After all, in movies they just cut the cord after birth and that’s about all the involvement anyone has with their umbilical cord.
But nowadays, there are [...]

Today I’m going to talk about umbilical cords. Mainly because my baby has had quite a few problems involving his.
He has thus far succeeded in twisting his cord into a knot, which he subsequently untied before the next ultrasound. Then he managed to wrap his cord all the way around himself, including around his neck, [...]