would a new born baby have to stop in hospital if it was born with it's cord around it's neck?

Question

my sister has had the baby and it was a hospital birth. we suspected something else but we are just wondering if this could be the case?

Answer 1

This is an excellent example of why births should be done in hospitals. There is no way of knowing if the cord is wrapped around the neck of the baby. In the hospital there is continuous fetal monitoring. When there are decelerations in the fetal heartbeat this signals the staff that something (such as cord compression) is causing the problem. Often this is the reason that C-Sections are necessary.
In the case you mentioned, the cord being wrapped around the neck will cause compression of the cord when the baby comes down the birth canal....this basically means that the oxygen suppy to the baby from the mother is disrupted and yes this can become a problem. Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) is sustained for too long can cause brain damage...or death. ~~

Answer 2

Do you mean stay in the hospital. Nope.

Many, many, many babies are born with their cords wrapped around their necks and every other part of their body imaginable:

MYTH: It will strangle the baby

FACT: You can not strangle a baby before he/she has taken his/her first breaths. Before a baby is born he/she does not receive oxygen through his/her lungs. He/she receives oxygen through the cord and gets rid of carbon dioxide the same way.

In fact, an unborn child has a "Ductus Arteriosus"; which is basically a hole between the right and left sides of the heart. This means the there is no separation between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the body. Where as in a child/adult/baby the right side of the heart collects deoxygenated blood and pumps it to the lungs to become oxygenated. The blood then comes back from the lungs oxygenated to the left side of the heart where it is sent out into the body. In the unborn child however the blood is mixed and just pumps around.

The baby continues to have this duct and receive oxygenation until he/she breathes after birth, if he/she can not draw breath (ie in a water birth or if the cord was really wrapped that tightly) then he/she continues to use oxygen from the placenta through the cord. The cord does not close down and the duct doesn’t close until after there is adequate oxygenation.

MYTH: The cord will be compromised and the baby will not get enough oxygen

FACT: A healthy baby with a healthy cord is full of Wharton’s jelly whose sole job is to prevent kinks and pressure from slowing or preventing blood flow. It is very rare that a tightly wrapped cord or even a true knot will compromise the babies blood supply, and if it does you will often see slowed growth long before delivery. Yes it does happen sometimes that the cord is compromised because of the pressures of childbirth, be it wrapping or becoming stuck between a bone in the baby and the pelvic bone or even coming out before the baby but this isn’t really a complication of simple cord wrapping.

FACT: Some midwives believe that babies wrap their cords around them to protect themselves from a cord prolapse if they have a long cord.

Answer 3

Okay--so it sounds like you guys thought your sister was going to have a home birth but then ended up having to go to the hospital and she told you it was because the cord was wrapped around the baby's neck but you guys are wondering if it could be a different reason, right?

But yes--if a baby is born with the cord wrapped around its neck, she would need to rush to the hospital if the midwife couldn't get it unwrapped.

But perhaps what happened is that the cord was wrapped around the neck and they just wanted to have the baby checked out to be sure.

I ohpe the baby is fine now and congratulations on your neice/nephew!

Answer 4

You're being too cryptic here. I hope your sister and the baby are fine. Naturally if the baby was born with the cord around its neck and the baby was not born in the hospital, common sense would tell you that it would be very important t take the baby to a hospital to have a check up.

Answer 5

Most babies are kept in the hospital, at least for 24 hours. If the cord was around it's neck and there were problems associated with that, the baby may have to be kept longer. I don't know of any hospital that would release a baby and mother right after birth. They would be setting themselves up for a lawsuit..I guess that's what you were asking?

Answer 6

As long as the cord was unwrapped straight away (which it always is) there should be no after effects, this is more common than most people think.

The only reason why the baby would have to stay in hospital for longer than it should would be due to jaundice (yellowing of the skin), problems with breathing or possible swallowing of merconium (feaces in the womb) or being a premie.

Other than that, I can't really think of any other reason why.

Sorry bout the spelling mistakes.

Answer 7

Your question makes little to no sense. A cord around the neck is now a pretty simple fix. Sometimes it is still life threatening, but now that doctors can monitor the baby's heart rate they usually can tell in advance of the birth if there is distress and give a c-section

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No the cord being wrapped around his neck is very, very common and would not mean she'd have to stay in, was she wanting to leave hospital the same day? You're usually wanted to stay in 24hrs or at least until the paediatrician has check baby over first.

Answer 10

Hiya, don't quite know why all these other people are so confused with your question it makes perfect sense to me! My little boy was born with the cord wrapped round his neck twice but he was fine and we weren't kept in hospital, I hope this helps and I hope your sister and her new baby are doing well x