what happens to the umbilical cord after the mother gives birth?!
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It is cut close to the stomach and forms your navel. On the baby it dies and drops off after being tied
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the cord is part of the afterbirth and is passed soon after birth.
A little section stays attached to the baby and becomes the new belly-button. The other part stays attached to the placenta and is discarded.
ONe end is clipped of the child. The other end was connected to the placenta, which was discarted after you gave birth.
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I have a child and presenced the birth. I saw them pull the placenta off, and my boyfriend cut the cord.
When you deliver a baby (in the field anyhow) you clamp the umbilical cord on two ends, next to the baby and close to the placenta. then you cut between the two clamps. all of the afterbirth, placenta, cord, and whatever other discharge has to be kept so you can bring it to the hospital for biopsies.
Some people want to keep their baby's placenta, besides those rare occasions after the biopsies and whatever else, the placenta is eventually incinerated.
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I am first responder.
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