Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used ...

Although an enlarged placenta is not tremendously common, it's also not very rare. A few factors that can result in an ...

Your baby has been born, but there’s one final step — delivering the placenta. Here’s what to expect from this last stage of ...

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 ...

AquaWomb artificial womb technology uses synthetic amniotic fluid to help premature babies born at 22-24 weeks develop ...

An international team discovered that ancient viral DNA fragments help regulate genes essential for placental function. The ...

Now, scientists at Scripps Research have identified a key player in the placenta's transformation-a molecule called ...

I had not given much thought to placentas until the one inside me refused to come out. I’d never thought of the placenta as an object that had agency, let alone its own personality. But there I was, ...

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 ...

A woman was arrested in Quebec after the death of an abandoned newborn who was found in a bus shelter. The baby was found on the morning of Monday, Oct. 28 in Longueuil, the city's police service said ...

This post-birth brew is something to coo about. A new mom says placenta smoothies have helped her bounce back after having a baby — and they’re so delicious she’s even whipped some up for her fiancé.