I disagree with the response to the knots in the cord not
being harmful. I recently attended a birth (doula); there
was a knot in the baby's cord.
The mother kept going on and on to everyone about how her
baby had a "perfect knot" in his cord. The nurse finally
told her that a few weeks earlier they had a fetal demise
due to a knot in the cord. The mother was 34 weeks. This can
happen if the baby has enough room to be very active. It can
pull so tight that all supply is cut off.
-Anon.
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 25 June 21, 2000)
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