The umbilical cord is a life-sustaining tube that connects your baby to your placenta. Some issues can develop with the cord during pregnancy. After birth, it’s easy to care for your baby’s cord stump ...

Jewelers are taking babies' umbilical-cord stumps and turning them into necklaces, rings and more Moms who want to keep their babies close to their hearts wherever they go now have another option. A ...

Some new parents are opting for lotus births, where the placenta and umbilical cord are left until they fall off naturally — but is it safe? Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, ...

Applying chlorhexidine, a simple antiseptic, to the umbilical cord likely lowers the risk of cord infection in low- and ...

This is the tenth casebook in a series that provides basic information designed to be helpful to the clinician responsible for interpreting umbilical cord blood gases. The series of umbilical cord ...

Read more about the settings in which applying antiseptics to the umbilical cord can reduce infection and mortality risk.

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways Umbilical endometriosis, when tissue grows inside the belly button, ...

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There’s a lot to be aware of when you’re pregnant. Changes in your body can sometimes make other rare problems pop up. One thing that likely never crossed your mind is an umbilical hernia. It’s rare, ...

When Icy9kills uploaded a picture of a frame spotted at their aunt's house to Reddit, they may have expected weird and wonderful visceral reactions were to come. And with the title on the post being ...