The other day one of my newly pregnant Moms with twins asked if the umbilical cord is part of her body or the fetus? And if there are twins is there two cords? Good questions….one that most mom's probably never thought of.
Do mothers have just one umbilical cord? What if the children are twins?
I mean if there's just one cord, how can two siblings survive?
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John David Ward,
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The umbilical cord is not part of the mother. It's part of the fetus, developing out of its original blastema. It attaches the fetus to the uterine wall via the placenta. The placenta is also part of the fetus.
As such, expectant mothers who are pregnant with twin or triplets or however many there may be have as many umbilical cords inside them as there needs to be, one per soon-to-be baby.
As such, expectant mothers who are pregnant with twin or triplets or however many there may be have as many umbilical cords inside them as there needs to be, one per soon-to-be baby.
