Wen 丨 Jing Ma said, original content.
What does a newborn look like without an umbilical cord?
How often does the umbilical cord be cut after the baby is born?
Does it hurt to cut the umbilical cord baby?
How to care for the stump of the umbilical cord after cutting?
For the birth of newborn babies, new parents always have endless questions, such as the simple thing of "cutting the umbilical cord" after birth, and the previous questions are all wanted to ask.
Just watched a video of a newborn having its umbilical cord cut after birth.
In the video, the newborn baby, with thick black hair and open eyes, has just come to this world, with a strange and calm face.
The baby's umbilical cord has not yet been cut, and the midwife on the side is wearing gloves, grasping the baby's umbilical cord with one hand, and drawing a length of about two fingers wide with the other hand, and clamping the umbilical cord with a pair of vascular forceps.
At the back, about a finger wide, another pair of vascular forceps was clamped and then cut from the middle with scissors.
Then disinfect the root and surroundings of the umbilical cord with alcohol, do the first ligation at 0.5 cm from the umbilical cord, then 0.5 cm outside the ligature line, cut the umbilical cord at 0.5 cm outside the second ligature line, squeeze out the remaining blood, and disinfect again.
As a mother who has already given birth to a baby, I really watched the process of cutting the umbilical cord of a newborn baby for the first time, although it is less than 2 minutes, but it still feels quite complicated.
Does the baby really hurt when the umbilical cord is cut?
Below the video, I saw a lot of people asking this question, which should also be what many parents want to ask, right?
Generally after the baby is born, at the same time as cutting the umbilical cord, the baby will wow and cry, according to our normal thinking of adults will feel: is it because cutting the umbilical cord is too painful, the baby is in pain crying?
Actually, we may be thinking wrong.
The umbilical cord is the link between the fetus and the mother during pregnancy, and the nutrients and oxygen needed for fetal growth and development are transported through the umbilical cord.
As can also be seen from the video, the umbilical cord is a long tie, which is grayish-white from the outside and looks somewhat transparent.
In fact, it is wrapped in two arteries and a vein, which provide oxygen and nutrition to the fetus through these three pipes, but there is no pain nerve.
When your baby is born, one end of the umbilical cord is connected to the baby's navel and the other end is connected to the placenta.
Before it is cut, the mother will continue to provide oxygen and nutrition to the baby, which is continuously transported through the umbilical cord, and the baby does not need to breathe on his own.
But after the baby is born, in order to adapt to the world, it needs to be an independent individual, so the umbilical cord needs to be cut.
At the moment of cutting, the baby establishes "spontaneous breathing", unlocks his first ability to survive independently, when the air enters the lungs from the nasal cavity, and begins the circulation in the body, when the baby exhales, the air flow will vibrate the vocal cords, and the baby will make a "crying sound".
And the greater the vibration, the louder the baby's crying, which can also indirectly indicate that the baby is healthier.
After reading the explanation of the whole process, I understand ~
The cry of a baby at birth is not the pain felt when the umbilical cord is cut, nor is it full of fear of the world.
It's the baby building up the "breathing function" and announcing to the world: I'm here! It's time to start living independently!
When the umbilical cord at one end of the baby's navel is cut, it will be treated by the medical staff to form an umbilical cord stump, which is equivalent to an open wound, and if the care is not good, it is easy to become infected and dangerous to the baby.
Therefore, new parents see a small piece of gauze on the baby's navel, just to protect this stumps and avoid infection. This stump will gradually change from grayish white to black and fall off 7-10 days after the baby is born.
Care before shedding should be done:
(1) Daily disinfection:
In the hospital for a few days, the medical staff will help disinfect, after leaving home, you need parents to do it themselves, but don't worry, before discharge, the nurse will teach parents how to operate.
However, when disinfecting yourself, you must remember to gently lift the stumps and disinfect the inside of the navel socket, otherwise it is easy to breed bacteria or not easy to fall off.
My son was home at that time, we did not dare to move his navel this part, each disinfection only wiped the outside, never dared to move inside, the result was not until the full moon day, the stumps fell on their own.
(2) Keep the umbilical cord stump and surrounding dry:
Because before the stumps fall off, they have been covered with gauze, if they are wet, they will easily breed bacteria because of the humid heat, affecting the health of the baby, so it is necessary to keep this part dry.
When bathing, you can paste a waterproof belly button patch, pay attention to check when washing and drying, do not leave moisture in it;
Usually when putting on and taking off diapers for babies, you should also be careful to get this piece wet, especially for baby boys.
Generally in about 1 week after birth will become dry and fall off, if there is no shedding, but also pay attention to examination and disinfection, found that there is redness, redness, and even exudation, bleeding, suppuration, etc. to be careful, if necessary, to see a doctor.
The above is a few newborn umbilical cord knowledge, after reading it, do you think there is a lot of knowledge?
In the period of time when the baby is just born, there will be more problems for new parents, and it is important to deal with them correctly, and do not make mistakes to affect the health and development of the baby.
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When did your baby's umbilical cord stump fall off? Welcome to share your nursing experience.