Surprisingly thick and tough, the umbilical cord typically grows to about 22 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. Soon after your baby is delivered, it's time to clamp and cut the cord. Your ...

Shortly after your delivery, the umbilical cord is clamped and cut off from the baby. Usually, this is discarded as a medical waste. But this umbilical cord, like mentioned earlier, contains cord ...

This allows time for the infant ... umbilical cord healing or skin microflora development. Stable premature infants without umbilical catheters and term infants with umbilical clamp in place ...