She stands over an infant attached to her by an umbilical cord of string.
A lover's urine going down the drain makes him think of a kite string, an umbilical cord, of salvation and rebirth, of "golden threads of celebration everywhere", and then some.
Whether the analogy is the umbilical cord or the apron strings, it remains unhealthily attached.
Second, direct catalytic inhibition of ADAMTS13 by IL-6, a cytokine highly secreted in sepsis, has been reported in vitro using ULVWF strings secreted from human umbilical vein endothelial cells under flowing conditions [ 49].
As my mother delivered the baby in the hallway, I had to fetch various items to assist, primarily pieces of string to tie off the umbilical cord as my mother did not want to cut it.
There are also important contrasts to the work by Hill et al. Our findings suggest that in Northern Ghana there may be a greater use of non-sterile materials to tie the cord such as twigs, string, rope and thread, as well as the use of contaminating materials on the umbilical cord, such as red earth soil, as well as local herbs and oils.
We also provided her with 90 days of iron-folic acid supplements, a clean birthing kit (included a clean blade, string, plastic tarp, and small plastic disc on which to cut the cord), chlorhexidine ointment for umbilical cord antisepsis, and a single dose of albendazole.
The umbilical cord ripped.
"There is an umbilical connection.
I cut the umbilical cord.
