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Healthy Start: Pregnancy 101

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  1. Before we started...

    Initial Appointment Checklist
    11 Topics
  2. First Trimester
    Initial Checklist Before First Appointment
    9 Topics
  3. 1.1 Adapting to the First Trimester
  4. 1.2 Your 1st Trimester Changes
  5. 1.3 Common Questions 1
  6. 1.4 Common Questions 2
  7. 1.5 What is Domestic Abuse?
  8. Healthy Habits
    2.1 Healthy Eating Habits
  9. 2.2 Nutrition during Pregnancy
  10. 2.3 Planning your Exercise Routine
  11. 2.4 How Smoking Affect Pregnancy
  12. 2.5 Quit Smoking during Pregnancy
  13. 2.6 Sex and Pregnancy - During
  14. 2.7 Skincare during Pregnancy
  15. Prenatal Visits, Tests and More
    3.1 Pre-Natal Care
  16. 3.2 Your Weight
  17. 3.3 Gestational Diabetes
  18. 3.4 Kicks Count
  19. 3.5 Placenta Previa
  20. 3.6 Preclampsia
  21. 3.7 Anemia
  22. 3.8 Blood Glucose
  23. 3.9 RH Negative Screening
  24. 2nd Trimester and Body Changes
    4.0 Second Trimester Checklist
    10 Topics
  25. 4.1 Adapting to 2nd Trimester
  26. 4.2 Your Second Trimester Changes
  27. 4.3 Back Pain during Pregnancy
  28. 4.4 Body Changes During Pregnancy
  29. 3rd Trimester, Comfort Tips and Relieving Back Pain
    Third Trimester Checklist
    12 Topics
  30. 5.1 Adapting to 3rd Trimester
  31. 5.2 Your Third Trimester Changes
  32. 5.3 Comfort Tips
  33. 5.4 Relieving Back Pain during Pregnancy - Moving Safely
  34. 5.5 Relieving Back Pain during Pregnancy - Pelvic Tilt and leg lift
  35. 5.6 Relieving Back Pain during Pregnancy - Positioning Yourself
  36. 5.7 Relieving Back Pain during Pregnancy - Tailor Sit and Trunk Turn
  37. 5.8 Relieving Back Pain during Pregnancy - Wall Stretch & Body Bend
  38. Infant Nutrition and Care
    6.1 Labor and Childbirth - Thinking about a Birth Plan
  39. 6.2 Labor and Childbirth - Support Person Notes
  40. 6.3 Vaginal Birth
  41. 6.4 Vaginal Birth after Cesarian
  42. 6.5 Breech Presentation
  43. 6.6 Cesarean Birth
  44. 6.7 - Before Cesarean Birth
  45. 6.8 Pre-Term Labor
  46. 6.9 Labor and Childbirth - Your Body Prepares
  47. 6.10 Recognizing Labor
  48. 6.11 Preparing for the Hospital
  49. 6.12 - Stages of Labor
  50. 6.13 Induction of Labor
  51. 6.14 Anesthesia Options
  52. 6.15 Labor and Childbirth - Without Medication
  53. 6.16 Labor and Childbirth - Immediately After Birth
  54. 6.17 Preparing to Go Home
  55. 6.18 Understanding Post Partem Depression
  56. Labor, Birth and Aftercare
    7.1 Infant Nutrition and Care
  57. 7.2 Caring for Yourself
  58. 7.3 Anatomy and Breastfeeding
  59. 7.4 Benefits to Breastfeeding
  60. 7.5 Breastfeeding - Common Questions
  61. 7.6 Holds for Breastfeeding
  62. 7.7 Nutrition While Breastfeeding
  63. 7.8 Breastmilk - Expressing
  64. 7.9 Breastmilk - Storing
  65. 7.10 How to Bottlefeed
  66. 7.11 Circumsion Care
  67. 7.12 How to Diaper
  68. 7.13 Bathing Newborn
  69. 7.14 Laying Baby Down to Sleep
  70. 7.15 When to Call the Doctor
  71. 7.16 Umbilical Cord Care
  72. 7.17 Signs of Jaundice
  73. Infant Safety
    8.1 Infant Safety
  74. 8.2 Choosing a Carseat
  75. 8.3 Car Seat Installation
  76. 8.4 Car Safety for Newborns
  77. 8.5 Car Seat Safety Checklist
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7.16 Umbilical Cord Care

Immediately after birth, it is important to clean and care for your baby’s umbilical cord. It is also important to make sure that the cord is not wrapped too tightly around the baby’s body.

The umbilical cord is a tube-like structure that connects the baby to the placenta. It is made up of blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to the baby.

After the baby is born, the umbilical cord is no longer needed. The cord will be cut, and a small clip will be placed on the end of the cord.

It is important to keep the area around the umbilical cord clean and dry. The cord will usually fall off within a week or two. If the cord does not fall off on its own, you can gently pull it off.

If you have any questions about umbilical cord care, please talk to your healthcare provider.