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When Does Umbilical Cord Fall Off? After your baby is born, the umbilical stump usually dries up and falls off when your baby is about two weeks old. Two weeks isnât an exact number, some babies lose their stump as early as 7 days and as late as 21 days.
Neither you nor your baby will feel anything when this happens, as there are no nerves in the cord (NHS Choices 2013a) . Where the cord joins your newborn's tummy, he'll have a 2cm to 3cm-long stump. You'll need to keep it clean and free from infection until it falls off. Your baby's stump will drop off any time between five days and 15 days after he's born (NHS Choices 2013a) . The average is about a week if it is kept dry (AWHONN 2013) .