Umbilical Cord Around Neck: Causes, Signs & Remedies

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• The umbilical cord, a rope-like structure, is the
  route to love and nurture your baby inside you.
  Your doctor will scan and see whether the
  umbilical cord in pregnancy is in good condition.
  The umbilical cord undergoes several
  complications. The umbilical cord
  complications are
• Cord prolapse,
• single umbilical artery, 
• umbilical cord wrapped around the babys neck and
  many more.

The nuchal cord is when the baby inside you wraps
the umbilical cord around the neck completely. In
fact, the nuchal cord is common in 12 of
pregnancies between 24 to 26 weeks
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• What is a Nuchal Cord Around the Neck?
• A loop forms when your baby wraps the umbilical
  cord around the neck more than once. This
  condition is the nuchal cord around the neck.
  This loop can be loose or tight and is of two
  types A and B.
• Type A is the unlocked cords which are
  free-moving.
• Type B cannot be undone and is tight, which ends
  up as a true knot. According to research, type B
  of the nuchal cord occurs in 1 out of 2000
  births. The cord is so tight in Type B that the
  blood flow cuts off and becomes life-threatening
  for the developing baby.

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What Makes the Baby Wrap the Cord Around the
Neck? There are several reasons that your unborn
baby wraps the cord around his or her neck. They
are Baby Movements From the 16th week of your
pregnancy, the baby moves around inside you.
Especially during this time, your baby moves his
or her limbs in a coordinated way. You may not
feel these movements later on. But you can see
your babys acrobatics while youre undergoing
your prenatal check-ups. With the progression of
your pregnancy, these movements become more
pronounced. You might at times feel that your
baby is kickboxing inside you. The baby wraps the
umbilical cord around the neck as a result of
these movements.  Insufficient Whartons
Jelly Whartons Jelly protects the umbilical
cord. The cord has three blood vessels and one
vein. This jelly is there to keep your baby safe,
no matter how much he or she moves. Insufficient
Whartons Jelly is one of the reasons for the
baby to wrap the cord around the neck during
birth.

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• Miscellaneous Factors
• If you are pregnant with twins or multiples,
• If you are pregnant with excessive amniotic
  fluid, and
• If you are pregnant with a lengthy cord, and with
  a poor structure are some of the reasons for the
  nuchal cord. Nuchal cords are usually not that
  dangerous. Till your doctor finds this
  complication he would not mention it. Having said
  that even with a nuchal cord your baby might be
  born completely fine.
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• What are the Symptoms of the Cord Around the
  Babys Neck?
• There are no proven symptoms of the presence of
  the cord around the neck of the baby. During
  pregnancy and labour, the doctor monitors every
  aspect of the foetus. He or she checks the foetal
  heartbeat, as the blood flow will reduce due to
  the nuchal cord around the neck of your baby.
  Moreover, if your baby seems to be moving less
  after 37 weeks of pregnancy, it could be a
  warning sign of a nuchal cord. So after the 37th
  week, your doctor will keep a check of the
  respiration of the baby inside you.

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What Are the Ways to Treat Nuchal Cord? Studies
claim, theres a possibility of at least 1 in
utero foetal death, in the 16th week4. Well! The
chances of stillbirth may be very less. But the
cord around the neck at birth which reduces the
blood flow may give rise to birth defects in
babies.
It may also lead to neurological problems
like cerebral palsy. The doctor watches you
during pregnancy to prevent you from nuchal cord
complications. If there is Type B or double
nuchal chord your doctor will suggest you an
emergency c-section. (Double nuchal cord is when
the baby wraps the cord twice around his or her
neck).
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With loose nuchal chords you may not need an
emergency C- section and your baby may be born
with cord around the neck. The doctor can also
unwrap the cord after the babys born. Once you
give birth to your baby, the doctors cut the
umbilical cord. Cutting of the umbilical cord
after delivery is harmless and painless. If you
opt for cord blood banking, your caregiver will
collect the cord blood. The cord blood is sent it
to the labs for quality testing, processing, and
stem cell preservation.
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