2006-08-09 07:25:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
It's in the uterus with the baby, and it is an organ of the baby, not the mother.
2006-08-09 07:29:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The umbilical cord is a cord that connects the baby in the womb to the placenta (the organ which attaches to the side of the womb).
Think of it like a USB cable or something...
It lets the baby get oxygen and foods (glucose/other sugars, proteins, fats)
It lets the mother extract wastes from baby's blood.
It connects to the baby in the front USB port aka the belly button!
Actually, babies don't have a belly button while they are in the womb. They have the stump where the umbilical cord comes out and goes to the placenta, but in their tummies the blood vessels (arteries and vein) attach to the baby's arteries and veins to transfer blood.
The mother doesn't specifically have an umbilical cord. She did when she was a baby.
Once the baby is born, then the cord needs to be cut. A little clamp is put over the stump to stop the bleeding and eventually it recedes to form the navel or belly button.
2006-08-09 14:30:45 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The umbilical cord is the life line to the baby. It is connected to the placenta which is attached to the lining of the mothers uterus. The placenta with drawls nutrients from the mothers blood stream. Those nutrients are then passed from the placenta through the umbilical cord and then into the baby. That's how the baby survives since it can't eat on it's own. That is why it is so important to take prenatal vitamins and to eat nutritious foods when you are pregnant.
2006-08-09 14:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by Lin_Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The umbilical cord is the feeding tube from a pregnant woman to her unborn child.
One end is attached to the baby's abdomen (when it's cut off, it makes the navel, or bellybutton) and the other end is attached to a mass on the mother's uturus wall call the placenta.
After the baby is born, the placenta is released from the uterus, and expelled from the mother's body. The umbilical cord (or umbilicus) is cut, and tied off on the baby. The remainder of the umbilical cord and the placenta are disposed of as medical waste.
2006-08-09 14:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the umbilicle cord is a vain like cord that connects the baby with the placenta. The placenta feeds you baby and gets nutrients out of your food and gives it to your baby. The umbillicle cord ia attached to the baby through its navle.
2006-08-09 14:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by Joyce R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its attached to the baby and the other end to the placenta, its how the baby gets oxygen etc then when the baby is born the placenta comes out aswell (they throw that away) then they cut the cord put a peg type thing on it after a few days this drops off, u might b better looking it up as i'm sure it will explain it better than me
2006-08-09 14:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by lil_miss_goody2shoes76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The belly button---- attached to placenta while in the womb-
It's like a cord that runs from fetus to mother in order to get nourishment to the unborn baby.
2006-08-09 14:31:11 · answer #7 · answered by bugz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cord carries nutrients to the baby and wastes away from the baby. It's attached to the placenta.
2006-08-09 14:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by every1lovesamixedgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The umbilical cord is where the baby is attached to the mothers uterus. Its where the baby gets life from the mother
2006-08-09 15:00:46 · answer #9 · answered by mommy_2_liam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-09 14:28:06 · answer #10 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋