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

Australian researchers have identified premature placental ageing as a key factor behind some stillbirths, opening the door ...

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 ...

Gestational diabetes can cause a multitude of complications in the offspring, but to date, the reasons are incompletely ...

Ali Fedotowsky-Manno told People that she needed postpartum surgery to remove the placenta left in her uterus after giving birth. According to Ali, the placenta was "stuck inside" of her and "wouldn't ...

Circumvallate placenta is an abnormality in the shape of the placenta. It can result in a lack of nutrients for the fetus. In circumvallate placenta, the chorionic plate, which is the part of the ...

The practice of women eating their placentas after giving birth is known as placentophagia. It’s often practiced in home births and alternative health communities. Interest in placentophagia has ...

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 ...

Recently, the Internet went nuts about Kourtney Kardashian’s Insta-tribute to the placenta pill. (In case you missed it, she posted a picture of two placenta pills she was about to take on Instagram ...