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Cord Blood Banking for Stem Cells - Anyone Done It?
After the baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, the doctor squeezes out the remaining blood from the cord. You and the baby won't even notice anything ...
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- Hi N., I did it with my son and my brother did it with his daughter (we made sure we picked different places). I would do it. Can't hurt and it doesn't cost much. ...
- Hi N., I think it is a great idea. My husband & I did it with our youngest son.When we had our firstborn I wasn't aware of it yet. There will be an annual cost (storag...
- My daughter will be 14 this year and I don't believe this was even an option back then because I know my answer then would have been the same as my answer now... DO IT...
Transverse at 36 Weeks
She was born with her umbilical cord wrapped tightly around her neck and arm - sometimes I wonder if she stayed sideways so long because she was tangled up! ...
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- Hi R., Yea, you're almost there! I'm sure your getting ready. Now you just need the baby to be ready:) Have you been to a chiropractor? I practice in Danville...
- My daughter was "head up" with her ankles by her ears at 36 weeks. (She had been head down at 6 months.) My doctor tried several times to turn her. He'd get about 6...
- Both my daughters were transverse, and I had c-sections for both. In fact, with my second daughter, I spent 5 weeks in hospital before her birth as the cord was below ...
Stage 2 Placenta at 34 Weeks
If you have only a two cord vessel, is that in the umbilical cord? My daughter was born with only two, she is now almost 13.It is not easy to be a mom when ...
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- I just had a baby in December with almost same problem. They were so worried they took him c-section at 37 weeks but he was only charting growth wise at 35 weeks. Good...
- I would really consider getting a second opinion. Tributaline is nasty stuff and can cause a ton of other issues. If you are not feeling the contractions and your not ...
- Hi K., Congrats on your first baby! I don't have any experience in your situation but I can offer you some advice that I live by. Stay on top of what is going on, writ...
Anyone Diagnosed with High Amniotic Fluid Levels During Pregnancy?
-you are at a greater risk for umbilical cord prolapse. It's not extrememly common for a woman's water to break before labor begins, but if that is the case ...
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- Good Lord...is everyone trying to scare M., or what?? I had anmiotic fluid levels that were above average also, but I had a wonderful labor and delivery experience. ...
- I just had a baby back in January. I had the same problem. My amniotic fluid levels were above average. The real problem is during delivery. The concern is that th...
- I had it with my daughter. She presented posteriorly during delivery which means she was sunny side up instead of sunny side down. Made for some hard back labor but ...
Toddler's Belly Button Is Painful and Brown/red
What we figured it was is from the umbilical cord (your supposed to clean it with alcohol or peroxide) and we just stopped doing that and it ended up to be ...
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- My sister still gets an infected belly button and shes 40+! Try the peroxide and see what happens. Otherwise, call his doctor.
- Hey C.! WOW OUCH!!! Could be a herniated belly button. My husband had one when he was 2 and then had two hernias as well to follow two weeks later on both sides. ...
- quit trying to clean it and take him to the doctor. It very well could be infected.
Cord Blood Banking
They wrap and save the umbilical cord, which has important stem cells in it. It then gets stored in a facility under proper temperature and humidity ...
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- R., I have three boys. With the first two we asked my doctors about banking and they acted like it was a bunch of baloney. Because of the cost and their opinion we cou...
- Hi R., I went with Alphacord for both of my children and thought they were great. Their service is not expensive and there are no hidden costs. Here is their numbe...
- Hi R.. We went through CBR.........Cord Blood Registry and have had a really good experience so far. My friend told me about them and she has had no problems eithe...
Newborn with Possible Umbilical Hernia
My daughter developed an umbilical hernia after her cord fell off as well. It fixed itself once she was about 5 or 6 months old. ...
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- My son, now six months, has an umbilical hernia. Do not try to tape it down, place quarter on it, etc. These things do not make them go away. You will get used to s...
- You have already gotten a lot of responses, but my story is alittle different. I had a friend whose daughter had an umbilical hernia that was really bad, it didn't al...
- my niece had a umbilical hernia (c-section also, not a big cryer) & it did heal on its own. it seemed so large, that it was nearly unbelievable to think it would go aw...
Boy or Girl and Is It Normal ?
Sep 22, 2009 ... I have known of that happening the umbilical cord showing up in the right place at the right time to make it look like a weewee All you can ...
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- Is your Mom an ultrasound tech? I would go with whatever the ultrasound tech or doctor said it was. They know what to look for and can tell the difference between...
- Well sometimes the ultrasound are read wrong the best thing to do is, when picking out baby stuff just stay with yellow, green till you are sure what it actually it.
- My stepdaughter was thought to be a boy...so it definitely can happen.
Bleeding Belly Button on 3 Week Old
My son's umbilical cord stump fell off last wednesday. The friday before, it had started to bleed. I saw online that if it bled for more than 3 days, ...
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- I would stop "cleaning" it for a while, the alcohol is just disintegrating the clot/scab and preventing it from healing all the way. It sounds fine, just ask the doc ...
- Hi, you should take him into the pediatrician. Of course, there can be other causes, but my first thought could be a bleeding disorder. Hemophilia runs in my family an...
- Hi, I am a senior midwife student. Do not put alcohol on it. This will only irritate it and prevent it from completely healing up. You need to go to the healthfood ...
Kitten Hernia on Leg
There are umbilical hernia's, inguinal hernia's, femoral hernia's, ... Newborn with Possible Umbilical Hernia ... private cord blood · unbilical cord ...
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- You would need to get an oppion by a vet. I have no idea what kind of a hernia this coud be, most common is abdobminal, but this does not sound like that. I would thi...
- Hi N., I would take the kitty to a vet to get it checked out. It really doesn't sound right, animals can have umbilical hernias but I've never heard of one on backsid...
- There are umbilical hernia's, inguinal hernia's, femoral hernia's, and many more out there. If it is on the back side but in the leg it could be femoral and would eve...
