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Does anyone know about two vessel umbilical cords in pregnancy?


The other day at my ultrasound to see the sex of the baby the nurse said that there was a two vessel umbilical cord, they didn't really have much information on it, I just wanted to know if there were any other women who have that or have had that during their pregnancy and if there were any complications or any problems known from that??

Usually the cord has three vessels. If there is two your baby may not be getting enough nutrition. They can pick that up at your weekly visits but normally they are fine. They may induce you early (38weeks) if baby does not seem to be growing at the right rate. Every baby ive seen with only two vessels has had no problems at all. And dont always trust theose ultrasounds. Ive had pleanty of women tell me the ultrasound has said that and when ive checked the cord after birth there are THREE vessels!!!

as i,m 28 weeks with our first due Feb 10th it's a boy his name is Dakota Robert and i have the same here is some info go type this in your search engine .single umbilical artery and it has most the info about it

Kinda concerning that they dind't have much information on it?
There should be three vessels, two of which are arteries and one vein. There are incidences where there is only on artery instead of two, which sounds like you might have. One thing to consider, is sometimes ultrasounds aren't accurate. Also I'm not sure of exact stats but it is a good majority of babies born with only two vessels come out completely healthy. There is a small chance that the baby may be underwight or develop some other issues but I would think they would monitor you more closely to be assured the baby is doing fine. I would defintiely go in and ask for more clarification and if they don't know what they are dealing with, then try to find an alternate provider who does something about this.

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