For some moms, an umbilical cord is a reminder of their crowning glory — but why are we suddenly seeing preserved placental parts all over social media? When Megan Kilpatrick, 32, was getting ready to ...

The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Umbilical cords are probably one of the only physical reminders of how your baby was attached to you ...

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott, who are expecting their son in 2 1/2 weeks, left a doctors office on Tuesday with a cord blood collection kit. Read more about the process of cord blood collection ...

Umbilical cord blood banking is useful due to its role in transplantation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess the ability to reconstitute any blood cell type, offering the potential to treat ...

The attorneys general of Texas and Arizona contend that Cord Blood Registry, which stores umbilical cord cells, profited from ...

When Amalia Kessler was pregnant with her first child, Stella, in 2008, she knew she didn’t want to waste the baby’s valuable umbilical cord blood, which can be a life-saving source of stem cells used ...

Umbilical cord prolapse is a medical emergency. It happens when the umbilical cord slips through your cervix, the opening to your uterus, and into your vagina. It puts your baby at great risk of ...