Social Media platform is a place where people can do various things. They can post whatever they want. They can connect whenever they can. It has become an important part of people's daily life. In this story, a social media platform, Reddit, played a crucial role.
Reddit is really good when you're surfing the Internet for intriguing stories. A lot of people visit Reddit every day. They share their experiences with the world. Reddit even has sub-categories, where you can look up a particular topic and read its full information. There are several topics available on it. This unbelievable story is from one such topic.
One of the most visited categories on Reddit is the "Pics." In "Pics" category people share pictures of intriguing things or even reveal experiences by captioning the photographs. Azathothfrog is a Redditor, who uploaded an amazing photo in 2015 and described the miracle that was the birth of his son.
A women's body is biologically meant to carry and give someone a gift of life. And during this process, problems can occur anytime. The complications during pregnancy are very common. It is very common, especially in underdeveloped countries. One of the main causes of this problem is the umbilical cord.
The main function of the umbilical cord is to deliver nutrients and oxygen from the mother to the baby during its developing time. However, things can get worse if the umbilical cord ends up in the wrong place.
The pregnancy phase of Azathothfrog's wife was smooth. Fortunately, her body didn't suffer from various infections or serious complications. The couple made special arrangements before the arrival of their child. But they were never prepared for what happened next.
On the delivery day, everything was going according to the plan. His wife was shifted to the delivery room after a few hours of labor. Azathothfrog was with her the whole time. After a while, the baby's head started to crown.
Azathothfrog witnessed the arrival of his newborn baby. He was completely awestruck. He truly felt unreal when he heard his child's first cry. After the cleaning of the baby, the doctors discovered something on his baby's body, which stunned him.
When the doctors were getting rid of the umbilical cord, they observed that it was tied in a perfect knot! It meant that the blood was not flowing properly to the baby, or eliminating waste, and this could result in death. Unlike other cases this baby was breathing normally, crying, and his skin was the normal color. He was perfect! According to the doctors, this was the rarest of rare cases. Considering this they told the father to record this moment.
“Hurry up dad, take a picture, your baby is a miracle,” yelled one of the doctors to Azathothfrog. And he of course did. He shared the picture of his baby on Reddit. A plethora of people commented on his post and shared their own stories. They were simply astonished. However one of the stories grabbed everybody's eyeballs.
The Redditor wrote that he worked as an anesthesiologist, and had over 15 years of experience in the delivery and operation theatres. He congratulated Azathothfrog and then told him that his family was really lucky. He further revealed that during his career he had witnessed a plethora of miraculous things, but one of the saddest cases was related to the umbilical cord only.
A pregnant woman was going to have a C-section operation for her baby's birth. Just a day before the operation, the woman went to see her doctor just to ensure everything was good. Everything just seemed fine and her doctor told her to relax and go home. The next day when the woman arrived at the hospital, she was informed about the grievous news.
The woman was all prepared for the surgery. When she underwent the final ultrasound, the baby didn't show any movement, and there was no sign of heartbeats as well. Later, the doctors realized that the umbilical cord knotted, which caused baby's death.
Tangles and loops are quite common in the umbilical cord. But, as per the data, there are only 1% of cords that have actual knots in them which prevents the blood flow. In most cases, umbilical cords contain a mucous substance in them called Wharton's Jelly, which protects the blood vessels from being compressed.
During the birth, the outside temperature is way cooler as compared to the mommy's womb. When the cord is exposed to the cooler air, the Wharton's Jelly compresses, it turns hard, which results in squeezing and shuttering of the blood vessel. Due to this, the cord naturally clamps off, well before a doctor can cut it. But, this didn't make it useless.
Clinically, umbilical cords possess those cells that are capable to regenerate and create different types of cells. These cells are efficient enough so that they can make bone, cartilage, muscle, and fat. Further researches are going on to see how it can be used to treat conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.