um, what?!?

KyJeNn924 · February 2009

So I was just doing some reading re: things to know when you have a baby, and along came a little blurb about the umbilical cord. Um, I had no idea that it comes home with you and falls off at some point. That is gross and I have no idea what I'm going to do when it happens. ILK.

wordtoyourmother · February 2009

oh.my.God.

You're hilarious... Big Smile

jessicaclare · February 2009

Ummm..yeah. Its not like they can cut the whole thing off. Its just a little piece, like an inch or two. Its not a big deal and in the big scheme of gross things to deal with when you have a baby, its pretty minor.

t.bird · February 2009

you didn't know that the baby's cord has to fall off?

bim38106 · February 2009

It's really not that gross. It's a small dry stump. No big deal. You're going to be dealing with MUCH "grosser" things in the next few months

ju.vanderw · February 2009

You'll pick it up with a tissue, and your baby's belly button will be nice and clean! (It is a little strange though.)

Danse · February 2009

For reals? You're just finding that out? Are you prepared for the other "gross" things that babies do?

shanen29 · February 2009

Yeah sweetie it falls off like a couple of days later. No biggie and it's not very big.

U could always frame it... I have heard horror stories with pets and thinking it's jerky. Sorry pretty gross

bim38106 · February 2009

ju.vanderw:
You'll pick it up with a tissue, and your baby's belly button will be nice and clean! (It is a little strange though.)

LOL Or, you could be like 1/2 my friends where the stump fell off and they never saw it fall off or found it! haha. One friend assumed her dog might have eaten it.. now that's gross LOL

Becky262 · February 2009

Yeah, it's a little gnarly looking (and there's some special care until it falls off) but I'm sure you'll be too busy with how cute the rest of your baby is to notice

irys09 · February 2009

shanen29:
Yeah sweetie it falls off like a couple of days later. No biggie and it's not very big.
U could always frame it... I have heard horror stories with pets and thinking it's jerky. Sorry pretty gross

Ick!

jwpbride · February 2009

Wow... I'm glad you're doing some reading, then.

Where's the link to that placenta-attached-til-it-dries-out method that Blair posted the other day? The one where you carry it around in a cloth? That'll really gross this one out!

wordtoyourmother · February 2009

bim38106:
ju.vanderw:
You'll pick it up with a tissue, and your baby's belly button will be nice and clean! (It is a little strange though.)
LOL Or, you could be like 1/2 my friends where the stump fell off and they never saw it fall off or found it! haha. One friend assumed her dog might have eaten it.. now that's gross LOL

Ick! poor dog!

jwpbride · February 2009

KyJeNn924:
ILK.

What does this mean?

Temp308688937504427 · February 2009

I have heard some parents save it Ick!

Sequoyah Shoars · February 2009

omg. i do not have words.

actually, i do.

did you know you have a fat wad of mucus plugging up your cervix, and that before the baby is born it will come out, and my sister says it looks like the most giant bloody booger. that comes out of your vagina. i bet you think that's super gross too huh?

BlairWaldorf · February 2009

You mean you're not doing a Lotus Birth???? Surprise

taelir · February 2009

True story:

My cord fell off onto my parents' pizza (I have never asked how that actually came to happen), and dear old dad almost thought it was a piece of sausage.

And yeah, you're gonna deal with a LOT nastier stuff than that.

Think projectile vomit and poop that manages to work its way all the way up to your DC's HAIR.

jwpbride · February 2009

BlairWaldorf:
You mean you're not doing a Lotus Birth????

THAT'S IT!!!! Hey, OP, google "lotus birth"!

jexxie · February 2009

jellibelli:
omg. i do not have words.

actually, i do.

did you know you have a fat wad of mucus plugging up your cervix, and that before the baby is born it will come out, and my sister says it looks like the most giant bloody booger. that comes out of your vagina. i bet you think that's super gross too huh?

i was just gonna say look up "mucus plug."

majors31 · February 2009

KyJeNn924:
So I was just doing some reading re: things to know when you have a baby, and along came a little blurb about the umbilical cord. Um, I had no idea that it comes home with you and falls off at some point. That is gross and I have no idea what I'm going to do when it happens. ILK.

To be honest, if I didn't have a little sister that was 17 years younger than me, I probably wouldn't know about a lot of baby stuff either.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. You always find a way to deal with gross things.

madladybride · February 2009

If you are a GOOD mom and your kid is REALLY LUCKY, you will save it in a papertowel and show it to them when they are a teenager... Wink

majors31 · February 2009

madladybride:
If you are a GOOD mom and your kid is REALLY LUCKY, you will save it in a papertowel and show it to them when they are a teenager...

When they bring their first boyfriend/girlfriend over.

MidwestTexan · February 2009

Are you really that naive? Just wait until you hear about all the other gross stuff (like deliverying the placenta after the baby, bleeding for 2-6 weeks post partum, dealing with baby poop/pee/vomit, etc.).

BlairWaldorf · February 2009

What are you going to do when you have to spray down the stitches in your vag from where your baby's bloody head ripped you asunder? Surprise

cnchavez69 · February 2009

wow, there are a few other issues bigger than that you will have to deal with. You will freak out then i'm assuming if you poop while delivering. Good luck when you lose your mucus plug.

Pesky · February 2009

That is one of the least gross things you will have to deal with. Trust me.

erinjcianciolo · February 2009

BlairWaldorf:
What are you going to do when you have to spray down the stitches in your vag from where your baby's bloody head ripped you asunder?

LMAO - thanks for that one!!!!

Jackswife123 · February 2009

Two words:

Mucous Plug.

?

Get used to gross and disgusting things. ?You're pregnant. ?All sorts of fun stuff is about it happen.?

Sonya Flanagan · February 2009

ohhh just you wait. Your crotch is going to leak, so are your boobs... You're not going to shi* for a week... and just wait for the baby poop. Good luck sister, I think you're going to need it.

KyJeNn924 · February 2009

wow, you guys are all really kind... thanks for the love and support.

BlairWaldorf · February 2009

KyJeNn924:
wow, you guys are all really kind... thanks for the love and support.

ahh, so this was eye-opening in many ways.

SMADDOX47 · February 2009

KyJeNn924:
wow, you guys are all really kind... thanks for the love and support.

Oh Honey, did they scare you?? Sunshine your in for some rude awakenings, read Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. It will take some of the shock out of what you have coming to you.

tmp-493670500007520 · February 2009

*smacks head*

and you might poo when you deliver too.

DonnysBride09 · February 2009

its a hole in their body.. it needs to "scab" for lack of a better term and fall off... hmmm

babygroves · February 2009

BlairWaldorf:
What are you going to do when you have to spray down the stitches in your vag from where your baby's bloody head ripped you asunder?

I tore so bad and carried that damn water bottle around for a few days b/c it hurt to wipe. Oh the joys!!!!

What about when your showering and you feel like somthing is falling out of you and you look down and there is a wobbly peice of bloody gunk the size of 2 hardboiled eggs on the shower floor. I freaked out! I asked my DH to come and look because there was something in the shower and I didn't know what it was. He said, "ew....what is that?" I said I don't know? Then he went to get close to poke at it and I said, "that just came out of me!" He almost barfed. This was 2 weeks after I had DC!!!

The New Mrs. · February 2009

SMADDOX47:

KyJeNn924:
wow, you guys are all really kind... thanks for the love and support.

Oh Honey, did they scare you?? Sunshine your in for some rude awakenings, read Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. It will take some of the shock out of what you have coming to you.

And Baby Laughs.....about all the fun stuff after delivery. It would be eye opening, to say the least, in your case. GL with parenthood dear!!

nbkb4life · February 2009

Snail

two words: snail trail

GigiFairy · February 2009

babygroves:

BlairWaldorf:
What are you going to do when you have to spray down the stitches in your vag from where your baby's bloody head ripped you asunder?

I tore so bad and carried that damn water bottle around for a few days b/c it hurt to wipe. Oh the joys!!!!

What about when your showering and you feel like somthing is falling out of you and you look down and there is a wobbly peice of bloody gunk the size of 2 hardboiled eggs on the shower floor. I freaked out! I asked my DH to come and look because there was something in the shower and I didn't know what it was. He said, "ew....what is that?" I said I don't know? Then he went to get close to poke at it and I said, "that just came out of me!" He almost barfed. This was 2 weeks after I had DC!!!

This is too funny!!! I splashed my tea all over my desk..

kscarlett5683 · February 2009

t.bird:
you didn't know that the baby's cord has to fall off?

Actually, to be honest, I had no idea either! I just thought they cut close to the belly. I don't think that's really "common knowledge" - you would have to ask, read about it in a book, or have someone who gave birth tell you this. But this hasn't come up in any conversations with friends of mine! LOL

mollymurphy · February 2009

bim38106:
ju.vanderw:
You'll pick it up with a tissue, and your baby's belly button will be nice and clean!? (It is a little strange though.)
LOL Or, you could be like 1/2 my friends where the stump fell off and they never saw it fall off or found it! haha. One friend assumed her dog might have eaten it.. now that's gross LOL

Now THAT'S funny! Hmm, note to self: keep track of cord stump...

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