On August 29, Tuyen Hoa Regional General Hospital (Quang Tri) said that after successfully preventing a rare baby, the baby was born with up to 6 umbilical cord loops tightly wrapped around the neck but still cried loudly.
The 19-year-old pregnant woman, pregnant for the second time in her 40th week, was admitted to the hospital at 8:00 a.m. in a state of natural labor and was scheduled for normal birth monitoring. During the breastfeeding process, the medical team and female flight attendants closely monitored the fetal condition.
At 3:00 p.m. the same day, the 2.7 kg boy was born safely. During the procedure, the doctor discovered that the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck for up to 6 loops, a rare situation, with the potential risk of miscarriage, even sudden heart failure.
After giving birth, the baby boy was rosy, suckled well, the mother recovered quickly, and his health was stable.
