How does a baby not get completely tangled up with the umbilical cord?
A nuchal cord is a problem when the cord wraps around the baby's neck more than once.In about 15 to 35 percent of pregnancies, this occurs.Nuchal cords don't impact pregnancies.There is a risk to the baby from certain types of nuchal cords.
How do you keep the cord from being wrapped around the baby?There is no way to treat a nuchal cord.Nothing can be done about it until it is delivered.Health professionals check for a cord around the neck of every baby born, and usually it's as simple as gently slipping it off so that it doesn't tighten once the baby has started to breathe.
A nuchal cord is caused by random fetal movement.An extra-long umbilical cord or excessamniotic fluid could increase the risk of the baby's neck being wrapped.
Around 10% of stillbirths are caused by umbilical cord accidents, according to research from the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network.1?The deaths are most often caused by a sudden interruption of the baby's blood supply, which is why people assume accidental strangulation is the cause.