umbilical

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Instead, the father expressed outrage at the hospital for not delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Each child had detectable levels of CPF in their umbilical cord blood at birth and underwent brain imaging and behavioral assessments between the ages of 6 and 14.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025

Screening newborn babies for rare diseases will involve sequencing their complete DNA using blood samples from their umbilical cord.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

They are calling her Swiss, because the word Swiss was written on the small knife they used to cut her umbilical cord.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat