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The umbilical cord connects a baby in the womb to its mother. It runs from an opening in your babyâs stomach to the placenta in the womb. The average cord is about 50cm (20 inches) long.
The umbilical cord is the cord that connects your baby to the placenta. The placenta grows in your uterus (womb) and supplies your baby with food and oxygen through the umbilical cord. Cord blood contains stem cells. These are cells that can grow into specific kinds of cells in your body.Stem cells may be used to treat some diseases, like some forms of cancer and anemia.tem cells from cord blood may have greater benefits compared to stem cells from bone marrow or blood. These include: 1  Safe, easy collection. 2  Collecting stem cells from cord blood has no risks for you or your baby. 3  But to donate bone marrow, you have to have a procedure that requires anesthesia.