View Umbilical Cord Falling Off Gif. In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. When does the umbilical cord fall off?
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What is an umbilical cord? The stump is the part of the cord that is outside of the clamp. Pulling at the stump or trying to remove the stump before it is ready to fall off can cause pain and bleeding and may lead to an infection.
You'll need to keep it clean and free from infection until it falls off.
Cords can fall off earlier than this and later too — neither occurrence is usually cause for concern. Before the umbilical cord stump fell off, the baby could only take sponge baths to avoid getting the stump wet. There have been cases of this taking much longer than two or even three weeks. Newborn umbilical cord bleeding may be noticed.
