The thread provided was a highway to bacterial infection through the baby's umbilical cord, and the blade used was the kind that men used for shaving, and they did not want it anywhere close to them.
O fio fornecido era uma via rápida  para a infecção bacteriana através do cordão umbilical, e a lâmina era do mesmo tipo usado para a barba dos homens, e elas não a queriam perto de si.