2006-08-04 16:14:32 · 18 answers · asked by danyella 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
no not at all, when the baby takes it's first breath, the umbilicus ceases to function and there are no nerve cells or endings in the umbilicus.
2006-08-04 16:21:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. There are no nerves that span the umbilical cord, but there are some as you get closer to the belly button, which is why you cut 5-6 inches from the baby's torso.
2006-08-04 23:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by Bachman-ette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. There are no nerves in the umbilical cord. And when it's cut (or it stops pulsing, which some mothers request a doctor to wait for) it jumpstarts the rest of the system into providing for itself. You know, oxygen from the lungs, nourishment from the digestive system, and waste out the rear. ;) But the umbilical cord itself has no feeling whatsoever.
2006-08-04 23:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by criticalcatalyst 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There are no nerves in the umbilical cord. Mom and baby don't feel a thing.
2006-08-04 23:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the baby doesn't. While it connects mother to baby, neither mother or baby actually feel it. It's not part of the baby or the mother. Kind of like the placenta. Baby lives in it, but it's not a part of him. If the cord wasn't cut, it would still fall off evenutally anyway.
2006-08-04 23:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by Guppy Geek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the baby cannot feel the cord being cut because the nerves have died in them.
2006-08-04 23:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by erhs_04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and the mother does not feel either, there are no pain nerves in the cord.
2006-08-04 23:18:09 · answer #7 · answered by cyn1066 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because there are no pain receptors in the umbilical cord. just like the brain, it doesn't feel pain.
2006-08-05 00:00:17 · answer #8 · answered by Riababy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is just like when u cut ur hair ,thats why they cut it and ask the dad to do it..it doesnt hurt him at all. good luck
2006-08-04 23:36:07 · answer #9 · answered by sasa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...its a nerve nor the mom feels it
2006-08-05 02:20:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋