The doctor was surprised to see the neck of a newborn baby boy

The baby boy had the umbilical cord wrapped 6 times around his neck.

According to the Mirror, a baby was recently born in China that surprised doctors because the umbilical cord was wound 6 times around the neck. Doctors did not anticipate the above incident, so they still assigned the mother to give birth in the usual way and fortunately the baby did not have any health sequelae.

The umbilical cord wrapped around the neck of a newborn is usually not too dangerous, but if it is wrapped too tightly or too many turns, it can make it difficult for the baby to breathe, leading to a decrease in heart rate, potentially long-term health damage. long.

The incident happened at Yichang Central Hospital in Yiyang city, western Hubei province. Doctors consider it a miracle that the baby was born with the umbilical cord wrapped 6 times around his neck unharmed.

Both mother and baby are healthy.

Li Haur, head of the hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology department, said: “I have been working for the past 23 years and have never seen a case where the umbilical cord has been wound so many times.”

The photo shared by the hospital shows the baby with the umbilical cord wrapped six times, which looks like a folk necklace.

In this case, the umbilical cord connecting the mother and the newborn is longer than usual, so the baby being wrapped 6 times around the neck does not leave sequelae.

Doctors do not yet know exactly what causes the umbilical cord to wrap up to 6 times around the baby’s neck.

The mother’s health after giving birth is also completely stable. The mother, surnamed Dai, shared: “I am glad that my new son was born unharmed.”