Here's everything you need to know about the umbilical cord – both during and after pregnancy.

(Reuters Health) - Waiting a few minutes to clamp the umbilical cord after birth is tied to better motor and social skills later in childhood - especially for boys, suggests a new study. Delaying cord ...

Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby likely reduces the risk of death soon after birth, compared with immediately clamping the cord or waiting a shorter ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...

You might just think about how your baby is growing when you go for prenatal scans, but there is a lot more going on inside. These scans also show how hard the umbilical cord works to feed your baby.

A woman gave birth to her daughter while stuck in traffic on Cape Cod earlier this month, with the father cutting the umbilical cord in a Dunkin’ parking lot. Danya Mahota said his wife Rebecca gave ...