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Hi Emily!

At my 20 week ultrasound, we discovered that I had a rare kind of umbilical cord insertion— a kind of velamentous cord insertion called a furcate cord insertion, in which the umbilical cord actually separates into multiple strands before entering the placenta. We’ve only been able to find a little bit of data on this. Did you do any research about complicated cord insertions, and their impact on pregnancy outcomes? We’re at 29 weeks now, and the baby seems to be doing alright, but we’re worried about later pregnancy, labor and birth.