Re: 2 unrelated questions.. stretch marks and cord accident.. please help

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*Pregnancy most likely. However, mention them to your physician. Striae or stretch marks noted about the body without weight gain can also be a findings associated with other things like adrenal problems...

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>#2 a member of my family recently delivered a stillborn baby. the baby
>had a knot in his umbillical cord. is there any way to detect cord
>problems before birth???

*There is essentially nothing that can be done to detect this with everything else being normal... Lynn

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Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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