View. comments. She's never hidden her love of plastic surgery-but Cher's latest attempt to Turn Back Time was on display for all to see at the London premiere of her new movie Burlesque on Monday. The music legend was spotted sporting sticky tape at the edge of her jawline, in an old Hollywood face-tightening trick.
Terms to Know. Umbilical cord: A cord that connects the developing baby to the mother in utero. The umbilical cord attaches to the baby at the abdomen and to the mother at the placenta. The cord forms during the fifth week of gestation (seventh week of pregnancy). Add to your pregnancy vocabulary.
The umbilical cord is a tube that connects you to your baby during pregnancy. It has three blood vessels: one vein that carries food and oxygen from the placenta to your baby and two arteries that carry waste from your baby back to the placenta.