Mrs. Mary Cawthon
2500 Paclrard Drive
Lorain, Ohio 44055

Dear Mrs. Cawthon:

In reply to your Letter of' March 22, I'm very sorry to

hear about your little girl.
feet or so in length.
wrap-ped aromd a leg or, through the movements of the baby,
is tied in a knot.  Usually a true knot, such as your baby
had, protects the circulation in the cord from being com-
pressed.

    Most umbilical cords are three
If longer, the cord quite often is

I would guess that it also was wound around a lag.

No activity of yours influences the baby at all.

  It
There

was Just very bad luck to lose your baby this way.
is no reason why it should happen again.

Stillbirths actually are somewhat lower than 10 or 20

yews ago.

They do not seen to be on the increase.

mank YOU for writing me.  Do enjoy your next pregnancy.

Sincerely,

Virginia 4gar, M.D., 14.P.H.