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

Over the last decade, as more expecting mothers have re-embraced births with limited medical intervention, eating the placenta has also become a growing trend among new parents. But a recent study ...

Placenta accreta is a pregnancy complication. It occurs when the placenta implants into scar tissue instead of healthy tissue in your uterine lining. Placenta accreta is most common in people who have ...

Now that the star is considering baby number three, here are all the facts about this potentially serious — but rare — condition A version of this article originally appeared on Health.com. You aren’t ...

Researchers have found evidence that the placenta plays an important role in fetal brain development during the early stages of pregnancy. Experiments in mice show that during a key period, the ...

Fruit of the Womb turns a woman's placenta into pill form. August 5, 2011— -- Mother-of-three Tamara Guida believes that women should eat their own placenta because the nutrient-packed organ that ...

Placenta previa occurs when the placenta covers the opening of the cervix during the last months of pregnancy. This condition can cause severe bleeding before or during labor. The placenta develops in ...

Your placenta is the lifeline between you and your baby while it's growing inside you. Once it's served that purpose, it's usually discarded. But you can choose to do any number of things with it — ...

Jennifer Hughes’s placenta was delivered ten minutes after her first child, just before midnight on March 31. It was on the large side, with a liverish texture and a bluish tinge; it measured nine ...

I stared at the crimson-colored organ sealed in industrial-strength Tupperware and labeled with the international symbol for biohazard. My wife's placenta. It was the size of a whoopee cushion, ...

Six common "forever chemicals"—may disrupt early placental development and endanger pregnancy health before most women are even aware they are pregnant, according to a new study. Properly known as per ...