The key to a healthy vegetarian diet is variety. Just as your parents should be concerned if you only eat. hamburgers, they should also worry if you only eat potato. chips and salad. A healthy and varied vegetarian diet includes vegetables, fruits, plenty of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Some vegetarians choose to eat dairy. products and/or eggs, while vegans do not eat these foods. Teenage vegetarians have nutritional requirements that. are the same as other teens.
During prenatal development, the umbilical cord is physiologically and genetically part of the fetus and, (in humans), normally contains two arteries (the umbilical arteries) and one vein (the umbilical vein), buried within Wharton's jelly.
Donors are encouraged to contact a cord blood bank by the 35th week of pregnancy. The procedure for obtaining the cord blood involves clamping the umbilical cord at the time of birth. The small amount of blood remaining in the umbilical cord is drained and taken to a cord blood bank. It is free to donate. Read more about cord blood donation and options for umbilical cord banking and donation on the web site of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.