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Can Umbilical Cord Around The Neck Cause Problems For Normal Delivery?
Sir ,My wife has 8 months 20 days pregnancy as on today. The ultrasound scanning revealed the umbillical cord is around the neck of the baby. As the Scanning date of delivey on 21st of December, doctors are advising her not to wait for normal delivery as umbillical around neck may cause problems
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hello sir
Nuchal cord (umblical cord wrapped around fetus's neck) is a quite common phenomenon.It is common for infants to be born with it
Standard protocol is give a trial of vaginal delivery while monitoring the fetal heart rate with contractions in labor to see if the baby tolerates them. If not a cesarean is the safest way to deliver.
Nuchal cords rarely cause fetal demise and are not intrinsic reasons for intervention. Umblical knots on the other hand can be fatal
Regards
Dr Shah
Nuchal cord (umblical cord wrapped around fetus's neck) is a quite common phenomenon.It is common for infants to be born with it
Standard protocol is give a trial of vaginal delivery while monitoring the fetal heart rate with contractions in labor to see if the baby tolerates them. If not a cesarean is the safest way to deliver.
Nuchal cords rarely cause fetal demise and are not intrinsic reasons for intervention. Umblical knots on the other hand can be fatal
Regards
Dr Shah
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