death caused by wrap umbilical cord?

Answer 1

I am not sure what your question is but this does happen. My First daughter has the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck when I went into labor. They had to roll me around to get it off her while she was still in my tummy, (ultrasound was involved) But they finally were able to get her out, but her face was purple when she came out, and I watched them unwrap it from her neck. It was scary, but she lived and is perfectly fine. I got lucky.

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Q:
If a baby is born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck could any health problems result?

A:
Many infants are born with some involvement of the cord -- it may be wrapped around the neck, over the shoulder, under the arm ... It is usually pretty easy to slip it over the head and deliver the rest of the baby. In some cases, it is so tight that it must be clamped and cut before birth. If this is the case, it is very important to deliver the baby without delay. In all the births I've attended, I've only had to clamp and cut before birth in two cases. If the baby is born and there appears to be no problem, generally there are no health risks.

The infant with the tight cord or a short cord before the birth can suffer hypoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain) if it is so tight, or so compressed, as to cause decelerations in the fetal heart. Providers can observe certain fetal heart rate decelerations which indicate cord problems. Delivery may be hastened or a cesarean may be done if the pattern looks ominous or is occurring over too long a time.

Some babies who are born with a tight nuchal cord (around the neck) can be "plethoric" or very red at birth, but this usually will resolve over the first few days of life.

When the cord compression is severe or long standing, the baby may have low Apgars and suffer brain damage, which could result in a degree of mental retardation or cerebral palsy. If the compression is severe enough and labor has not yet begun, the baby can die in utero and be stillborn.

But again, this is a very common condition and most babies do just fine.

Thanks for writing.
Peg

Answer 2

Yes, it could happen, but nowadays with the ultrasound this can be avoided. My father was wrapped by umbilical cord and he was lucky because at that time there wasn't much technology. A sweet thought for everyone who went through this problem and have their child survived - IN ASIA: children who survived this are thought to be special, with powers or great world-changing future!

Answer 3

The baby's neck gets entangled in the umbilical cord when it moves in the womb. It cuts off the oxygen flow and the baby passes.

Answer 4

Yes it is possible. If your baby, like 3 of mine have been is wrapped tight in that cord, it can be fatal. My last child didn't breathe at first. I am now 7 1/2 mos. pregnant and I'm petrified that he too will be wrapped in his cord. My other kids survived and are in good health,but you never know.

Answer 5

Yes it is true it does not happen as much as it does now days it happened to my son he did not die I was lucky but the umbilical cord was so tight around his neck they hard to cut if off his neck they also had to work on him to get him to breath as well. We were very luck.

Answer 6

Yes death can be caused by the wraping of the umbibical cord around the babys neck. A friend of mine had a still born because of this.

Answer 7

It is very possible. I was actually almost dead when I was born cause the cord was rapped around my neck 4 times!

Answer 8

It can happen, but if you are in a hospital, it will probably be prevented. My daughter had hers wrapped around. If I hadn't had her in the hosp, she would have died. Doctors can tell if the cord is wrapped.

Answer 9

Yes this can happen unfortunately, it causes the baby to not be able to breath.

Answer 10

Just about happened to my son.