Learn more about an umbilical cord complication known as velamentous cord insertion and how doctors manage it.

My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that works and if ...

Occlusion of one or more of the vessels in the umbilical cord can impede circulation to and from the fetus. During these events, the oxygen content of fetal blood may decrease (hypoxemia), and the ...

Sometimes the umbilical cord gets stretched and compressed during labor, leading to a brief decrease in the flow of blood within it. This can cause sudden, short drops in the fetal heart rate ...

High fetal hemoglobin in cord blood has been well described in infants of mothers with chronic anoxemia during pregnancy as well as in infants of diabetic mothers. As 7 of the 21 mother-infant ...

Evidence of a metabolic acidosis in intrapartum fetal, umbilical arterial cord, or very early neonatal blood samples (pH < 7.00 and base deficit ≥12 mmol/L) Early onset of severe or moderate ...