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Re: Three Cords?
From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:03:52 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Jen wrote: >
>I was wondering if anyone could help
>me -
>
>I gave birth to a healthy baby boy a
>month ago. The strange thing is that
>he had three umbilical cords coming
>from the placenta (they merged into
>one cord a couple of inches above his
>belly button). One of the cords was
>very long and had knotted into a
>pretzel shape around his neck.
>
>Can anyone tell me what would cause
>three cords instead of just one? The
>baby was small - just 6 lbs 1 oz. - but
>otherwise perfect!
>
>This has been driving me crazy!
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Jen
>

A normal umbilical cord has 3 blood vessels in it -- 2 arteries and a vein. While these vessels are usually intertwined, I guess it could be possible that they could run parallel to one anotehr for some distance from the placenta, although I have never seen that.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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