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PAST HISTORY : I am a 9 month pregnant lady. My umbilical cord loops seen at back of the fetal neck
Patient asked followup Question: 12 years ago
Umbilical cord loops seen at back of the neck
Dr. Puneet Madan answered : 12 years ago
Hi,
There is a part inside the female uterus which devlops during pregnancy known as placenta that derives nourishment from the mother and hence supplies nourishment to the baby by the cord know as umblical cord.
Now at times the cord rolls around the babies neck and this can be considered a little high risk delivery and the doctor would be cautious during your delivery that umblical cord should not stretch much as that can cause compression of neck of fetus which can be dangerous for the fetus.
But as such this is not a rare thing and is seen in may babies and most gynecologist have delivered many babies with cord around the neck.
This is also more dangerous when there is double cord around the neck which would also have been mentioned in your ultrasound if that would have been the case.