Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually ...

This serious pregnancy condition happens when the placenta attaches too deeply into the uterine wall. Experts explain causes, symptoms, and treatment. During pregnancy, the placenta typically attaches ...

Astrud Tuck receives funding from the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation. An incredibly complex and important organ in its own right, the placenta is only found in mammals. And how it functions ...

The news hit Margarita Saavedra so hard that she fainted in her doctor’s office. Eighteen weeks into her pregnancy, an ultrasound found the fetus could not survive because of a deadly birth defect.

If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect the placenta. Get the facts about this important fetal organ. The placenta is an organ that develops in your ...

The placenta nourishes and protects your baby throughout pregnancy, filtering out what she doesn’t need and delivering the oxygen and nutrients she does. Most of the time, it attaches to the upper ...

What do you really know about placentas? If you’re like the majority of people, the "tree of life" is probably pretty mysterious. Despite being vital to both maternal and fetal health, the National ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) During pregnancy, the placenta is the lifeline between mother and baby. It supplies the foetus with oxygen and nutrients, removes waste products and acts as a partial shield ...

When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...

Extract of afterbirth from the royal family? A friend came back from Japan recently with a passle of interesting gifts. The one she pulled out of the bag for me was a pink foil sleeve filled with ...

If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect it. Get the facts about this important organ that joins the mother and baby. What does the placenta do? The ...