serious question..... im so nervous
posted 9th May
How many of you have heard/known somone/or experienced it yourself? I'm worried that if i turn too much, or reach to high up and the umbilical cord might get wrapped around the babys neck. It happened to my mother when she was pregnant with me, and my insurance onlys pays for 2 ultrasounds. Which i've had both already.
quoteI'm due August 10th (a girl) & live in Kentucky
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7527 postsposted 9th May
That actually.. does not happen..
That's never happend, ever.
Babies get their cords wrapped around their heads because they move around and get caught. It's not usually life threatening.
quoteThat's never happend, ever.
Babies get their cords wrapped around their heads because they move around and get caught. It's not usually life threatening.
I have 1 child & live in Bremerton, Washington
664 postsposted 9th May
it's another wives tale... it's not true
quoteI'm due October 31st, have 1 child & live in Texas
1801 postsposted 9th May
Quoting RobinRenee:“ How many of you have heard/known somone/or experienced it yourself? I'm worried that if i turn too much, ... [snip!] ... to my mother when she was pregnant with me, and my insurance onlys pays for 2 ultrasounds. Which i've had both already.”I highly doubt that just turning or reaching would be the sole cause to a cord wrapping around a baby's neck...the baby turns and flips in utero from the very early stages of pregnancy...so you could lay perfectly still your whole pregnancy and it could still happen. Don't believe everything you hear...
I'm due May 28th (a boy) & live in Alabama
1501 postsposted 9th May
Um, not true. The umbilical cord is soooo flexible, it really takes a lot of the baby's movement to really do anything harmful. Yes, the baby.........its a sad thing but it's human nature and it even happened to my nephew who was born still at 36 weeks I found out I was pregnant the day before my sister gave birth, so this has been a worriesome pregnancy..........there's so much that can happen while pregnant and you just gotta trust that everything is going to be ok.
quoteI'm due May 11th (a girl), have 1 child & live in Wisconsin
84 postsposted 9th May
When my baby was born in March the doc said "oh wow"..she was all tangled up in the cord, but it wasn't around her neck, and she was perfectly healthy..
quoteI have 3 kids & live in Wisconsin
52 postsposted 9th May
Hello! I asked my doctor this question last time I was in the office and she said it is NOT a big deal! She said women worry too much about it but the truth is over 20% of women will go into labor and the baby's cord will wrap around its neck. She said its an old wives tale that you can't lift above your head nad all that stuff, she said just when/if that does happen when your going into labor they have to slow down the process and you will probably not be allowed to push until they can situate the baby's body under the cord. I would try to take my mind off of it! Don't stress yourself sweetie! Good luck!
Quoting RobinRenee:“ How many of you have heard/known somone/or experienced it yourself? I'm worried that if i turn too much, ... [snip!] ... to my mother when she was pregnant with me, and my insurance onlys pays for 2 ultrasounds. Which i've had both already.”
I'm due December 12th & live in Ohio
366 postsposted 9th May
even if it does it's not going to hurt the baby until your water breaks. right now it's just floating around the neck (if its even around the neck) and it's not unusual for it to be wrapped once around. no worries
quoteI'm due July 4th & live in North Carolina
20 postsposted 9th May
My mother loves to dance so when I was born I almost suffocated with the umbilical cord. When the doctor asked her have you been dancing my mom said ofcourse. He was like thats what happened.
quoteI'm due August 28th (a boy) & live in Florida
1 postsposted 9th May
I had that happen to me. When i noticed, i reached up they and strangled my baby myself for being such a dumb little shit and getting himself strangled while i was reaching up for a bag of cheetos.
quoteI live in Virginia
posted 9th May
Thank you so much for all your help. I try not to let it bother me, but i can't help it, especially since my mom hadto have an emergency c-section when she was pregnant with me because the cord was wrapped around my neck, and chocked me when she took deeps breaths.
quoteI'm due August 10th (a girl) & live in Kentucky
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