Belly Buttons

4getmenot | 09:13 Fri 06th Jun 2008 | Pregnancy

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Ok I may sound stupid here but hey whats new :-) I know baby get born the umbilical cord gets cut and it becomes the belly button, but what part does it play inside the mummys tummy? whats it attached too? does the rest come out?? I could look up pictures etc on google but I'd like it in a parents terms, come on redcrx hit me with it

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redcrx

the midwives do seem to like encouraging us to be at one with nature.
With my first the midwife asked if id like to touch babys head as it was crowning. I was a bit out of it and said yes, then screamed when i felt it, all soft and slimey! what was she thinking!!! ick

natalie_1982

Red, I cannot think of anything worse. At my 36week appt my midwife said not to forget to take a mirror with me so I could see the moment I crowned, I asked her why the hell I would want to see what was going on, surely it was bad enough that I would be feeling it?! LOL

Psy, thankfully, as I gave birth to Emilia in theatre I didn't know the placenta had come out and didn't see it, although I did give permission for them to use it for stem cell research. Whilst my legs were in stirrups and various people were busying themselves goal end and my fella was cooing over the baby (I still hadn't seen her at this point because I couldn't sit up!), I asked the consultant if I was now delivering the placenta, she said "Oh no dear, that's done. We're stitching you up now!". Result for me, but until Red posted that link I hadn't never seen a real placenta properly.

Enormous sun dried tomatoes spring to mind.

Lakitu

May I never eat sundried tomatoes again. Amen.

~max~

That made me laugh 4Get, cause I used to wonder about that too! Oh, and also how come the baby doesn't suffocate when its head is stuck in the "birth canal" during birth....lol

D'uh...

redcrx

they cant suffocate because they dont breath. Apparently if it takes a while to birth the body after head has been born they can take a breath, fill their lungs and expand. ooooouuuuuuuccccccchhhhhhhh!

Natalie, ive heard of them taking some for research and you can also store the stem cells if you want.

4getmenot

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I bet there is loads that wondered and just didn�t want to ask :-)

4getmenot

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Oh well at least they are useful for something afterwards