What is velamentous cord insertion? Typically, the umbilical cord connects a developing baby's belly to the middle of the ...

Vale, who was born with a rare metabolic condition, had his life saved by stem cells from a baby's umbilical cord that was ...

The odds of having identical quadruplets are one in 11 million births. With Rachel Vargas's complications, her babies are one in 40 million.

Sometimes a placenta previa may cause an abnormal presentation ... which is most likely if the baby can't be moved into the proper position. Umbilical cord prolapse happens more often when ...

which can lead to interruptions in gas exchange across the placental barrier. Occlusion of one or more of the vessels in the umbilical cord can impede circulation to and from the fetus.

Cord blood has a multitude of stem cells, which potentially can be used to treat serious illnesses. Some families choose to save their newborn’s cord blood (the blood from the baby left in the ...

NICE recommends not clamping the umbilical cord before one minute after birth ... you leave a quarter of the blood in the placenta and the other three quarters is left on the baby's side.