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Breastfeeding tips
Feeding and wellbeing advisor Vicki Scott provides some top tips on breastfeeding in public

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Ultrasound Uterus (womb)
Umbilical cord

Umbilical cord
The cord with blood vessels, which attaches the baby to the placenta. The placenta is attached to the uterine wall. Blood vessels inside the placenta transport blood, oxygen and nutrients to the baby and carry waste products and carbon dioxide away.