[mountaineer]

The umbilical cord was still attached to the infant's navel, indicating the child may have been born as a result of an unwanted pregnancy.

This story is very sad. Too bad the writer had to make the ludicrous comment above. How did he derive the mother's state of mind from the existence of the umbilical cord?

[LadyDoc]

If the umbillical cord is attached, it means the birth was very recent. No woman who wanted a child would discard it.

However, if the child was a few weeks old, it could have died a natural death (or been killed by the parents) and discarded. It may have been killed and discarded by someone other than the mother, who may have wanted it...