"The umbilical cord is a lifeline for a baby inside the womb. It is a connection between the naval and the placenta. So the blood flows, and the baby gets oxygen and nutrients through the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord entangles are very common because the cord around the neck is very common. It's 30% of the normal deliveries have a cord around the neck cord around the, neck is not a contraindication for normal delivery. The thought of a cord around the neck is worrisome to many pregnant women in the later stages of pregnancy. Around the neck is usually harmless, and it is because of random movements of the baby, or it's because of excessively long cords, or even because of excessive liquor around the baby. It is harmless, and it does not pose any problem for vaginal delivery. Cord entanglement around the other parts of the body only causes fetal distress. In the case of good uterine contractions, whenever the cord is compressed otherwise, cord entanglement, even around the other parts of the body around the trunk, is harmless. It doesn't matter whether it's a single loop of cord around the neck or, a double Loop or multiple loops. All patients can be delivered vaginally. What are the complications of cord entanglement that sometimes cause fetal distress? There is compression on the cord due to labour uterine contractions in cases of short cord, and a cord on the neck may prevent the baby's descent. Only in cases of fetal distress, but the patients have to be taken up for a C-section; otherwise, all patient's cords around the neck can be tried for vaginal delivery. There's no way to prevent cord entanglement. No sleeping positions which prevent cord entanglement are generally thought of as"