An anterior placenta – one that sits at the front of your uterus – is very common and rarely causes any problems in pregnancy. "The placenta functions the same, providing nutrients and oxygen ...

One popular theory is that the position of your placenta might reveal your baby’s sex. It claims that an anterior placenta (attached to the front of the uterus) means you’re having a girl, while a ...

Although animal models have provided valuable insight into the organ’s development, the placenta is one of the most evolutionarily divergent organs, and considerable differences in the developmental ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Approximately five days post fertilization (dpf), the blastocyst develops. The inner cell mass gives rise to the fetus, while the surrounding trophectoderm ...

You aren’t born with a placenta. Instead it develops in your uterus during pregnancy and acts as life-support for your growing baby. Then once delivery is said and done, it, too, is expelled ...

The expert team at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) successfully managed two critical cases of Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) ...

Toxic substances in tobacco have been found to reduce blood flow to the placenta, according to the Tohoku University research ...

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) occurs when the placenta grows deeply into the wall of the uterus and is unable to detach after childbirth. Depending on the depth of invasion, the condition is ...

And there are also cells in the lining of a mother’s uterus that appear to limit how much the placenta can invade (basically, so it doesn’t keep invading). “We can see this if we look at ...