03/14/2022
Great post from Ocean Hypnobirthing
This is something that comes up with all of my clients.
It's another fear that has been driven into us from the media and shared stories.
👉 Nuchal cords are a variation of normal and rarely cause a problem.
🤔 What if i told you that nuchal cords are as common as 1/3 of all pregnancies.
👉 It looks pretty scary to see something wrapped around a babies neck but we have to remember they don't breathe through their lungs, they get oxygen and blood through the cord.
👉 Ok, but what about the cord being compressed and stopping that?
👊 Well, natures got you covered.
The cord is covered in a jelly substance called Wharton's Jelly.
👉 This is there to protect the veins and arteries in the cord. To stop them from being compressed and it does a fantastic job and means that the cord can squish into all sorts of amazing things including knots without causing a problem.
👉 In fact, the cord being around the babies neck is a good thing. If it were around the babies head it would get squashed coming out from under the p***c bone as this is a tight squeeze.
So it being tucked under the chin around the neck is actually a great way of stopping this from happening.
👉 Once born you (or your midwife) can easily slip the cord over your babies head, sometimes doing a somersault flip on the way out.
✨I keep saying it, natures unbelievably clever and thinks of everything.
📸: Townsville Birth Photographer - Lauren + Douglas Birth .birth