The 'umbilical chord'

[VeronicaSpeedwell]

What would such a chord sound like? Does one need a bow to extract the sound from the relevant bit of tissue, or would gentle strumming or plucking produce the effect? The term even features in the MN guide to the third stage of labour. I will be very disappointed if I don't hear it when I give birth.

Tee hee like this one...
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Oh yes, I always smile when I see in a birth plan "partner to cut chord".

Brilliant cartoon!

Yeah, 'umbilical chord'

'Heart rendering' is another that I spotted earlier. Rendering? Really?

Do you not get heart rendering by eating too much cholesterol?

I think that's it hallelujah. Sometimes the cause of the problem is too many 'battered eyelids'.