Cord

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Cord

A unit of volume used to measure quantities of firewood in Canada and the United States. The cord is equivalent to 3.62 cubic meters.

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For infants delivered by cesarean, cord milking appears to offer benefits over the standard practice of waiting 45 to 60 seconds before clamping and then cutting the umbilical cord.

NIH-funded Study Finds that Umbilical Cord 'Milking' Improves Bloodflow in Preterm Infants

And while the youngster was in labour, he was by her side completing university assignments - before cutting the umbilical cord when the little boy was born.

Student takes in pregnant, homeless, teenage cousin after making contact on Facebook - then helps bring up her child; Tommy Connolly came across his 17-year-old cousin late last year, over 10 years since they had last met

But murmurings over divisions could set the Welsh party on the path to eventually cutting the umbilical cord to London altogether.