Will it hurt when the umbilical cord is cut? Does it hurt when the umbilical cord is cut?

Will the baby feel pain when the umbilical cord is cut? Is the baby crying loudly after birth because of the pain caused by the umbilical cord cutting? The following is a detailed explanation and introduction. Mothers who want to know whether cutting the baby's umbilical cord will cause pain, please read the detailed introduction below.

Will it hurt when the umbilical cord is cut?

Babies do not feel any heat or pain when the umbilical cord is cut, so parents do not need to worry about the baby's pain.

The umbilical cord is the link between the mother and the baby, through which oxygen, nutrients, and waste are exchanged. When the mother gives birth, after the placenta is separated from the mother, this life link will be cut off. So when the umbilical cord is cut with scissors, will the mother and baby feel pain?

The umbilical cord is tubular and contains connective tissue and blood vessels, mainly composed of two arteries and one vein. These three blood vessels are used to circulate blood between the fetus and the mother to exchange nutrients and oxygen.

Pregnant mother no pain

Since the umbilical cord is connected to the placenta and the fetus, after the mother gives birth, the placenta is separated from the uterus and is not connected to the mother's nervous system, so the mother cannot feel pain. (It is like an external object, the mother does not feel pain)

The baby doesn't feel any pain

Although there are nerves on the umbilical cord, these nerves are not pain-sensing nerves, but vasoconstriction nerves, which do not feel pain. Therefore, the baby will not feel pain when the umbilical cord is cut. (Even if these nerves can feel pain, the fetus's nervous system is not fully developed, so the pain sensation is very dull compared to adults. I asked a doctor friend before, and she said that when the umbilical cord is cut, the baby's feeling is just like when we adults cut our nails, so mothers can rest assured)

Although cutting the umbilical cord is painless, there is still a stump of the umbilical cord left after the baby's umbilical cord is cut by medical staff. It needs to be well cared for. If it is not properly cared for, bacteria will invade and cause inflammation of the navel.

Does it hurt to cut the umbilical cord?

Many mothers are very curious: Will the baby feel pain when the umbilical cord is cut? The baby cries loudly as soon as he is born. Is it because of the pain?

Actually, it is not. Because pain is transmitted to the brain by pain nerves. The brain receives the pain signal and then issues a series of instructions to complete a pain transmission process. The baby's umbilical cord is mainly composed of connective tissue, 2 umbilical arteries and 1 umbilical vein. Although it also has nerves, most of them are autonomic nerves. These nerves are not sensitive to pain. Therefore, cutting the umbilical cord is like cutting hair or nails for us adults. There is no pain.

The baby's crying after birth is not caused by cutting the umbilical cord, but a normal physiological need. Before the baby is born, he lives in the amniotic fluid. He does not breathe, and all the oxygen he needs comes from the placenta. At this time, the lungs are closed and not working. After birth, the baby needs the help of lungs to regulate breathing, just like us adults. In order to make the baby's lungs function normally, the midwife will usually turn the baby upside down and pat the back or buttocks to stimulate the baby to cry. In this way, the baby's lungs receive a lot of air, which can expand and the respiratory system can start to work.

Is the beautiful belly button cut out?

The quality of the belly button has nothing to do with the way we cut the belly button, but has a lot to do with the care of the umbilical cord section after the root of the umbilical cord falls off.

If you want to have a beautiful belly button, the two most important things to do are: one is to keep it away from water, and the other is to prevent infection.

In the past, when midwives cut the umbilical cord of newborns, they would reserve a small section, tie it with fine linen, fold it carefully, and wrap it with clean soft cotton cloth. They must not get it wet to avoid causing "umbilical wind". After 3-5 days, the remaining umbilical cord would be dehydrated and dry and fall off naturally, forming a slightly concave navel. This would test the midwife's skills. It is said that if the navel protrudes after the umbilical cord falls off, the midwife's red envelope money will be much less, and if the word gets out, it may even ruin her job. Therefore, midwives are very careful when cutting the umbilical cord. If it is winter, they are afraid that the scissors will be too cold and the cold air will invade, so they often wrap the umbilical cord with cotton cloth and bite it off with their teeth. Some people also use hemp oil paper to slowly burn it off, and some use old bamboo blowpipes, cut it into two pieces to replace the knife to cut the umbilical cord. The main reason is that they are afraid that the metal ironware is not clean and will cause the baby's umbilical wind (now called tetanus).

We now mainly use professional umbilical cord cutting scissors, which completely avoid problems such as infection and water contact.