I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that works and if there are already uses for cord blood.

hygienic umbilical care is believed to reduce umbilical colonization, infection, tetanus, and sepsis, but the role of antiseptic cord care in reducing infections is unclear. Although studies in ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2009;5(4):321-326. Immediate cord clamping is often included as part of active management of the third stage of labor. Although it is now well known that active ...

I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that works and if there are already uses for cord blood.

Cord blood transplants can help save the lives of patients with leukemia as well as other blood cancers and genetic diseases. Found in the placenta and the umbilical cords of newborns, cord blood stem ...