umbilical cord
navel-string

It would have been his umbilical cord with the rest of the world.

When the mother leaves the hospital, the umbilical cord is given to her.

But did not appear to cut the umbilical cord until he moved to Washington in 1989.

As the father it was Richard's job to cut the umbilical cord.

And these lines are the umbilical cord for a human being alone among the stars.

"A television is sort of like your umbilical cord to life," she said.

It was all but over; the umbilical cord bad been cut.

Four days after the birth of the baby, its umbilical cord is cut.

And for some reason the baby's umbilical cord had not yet been tied off.

"From up there I could see it had a long umbilical cord and a clean body."