The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

Tess delivered at full term on Nov. 8, giving birth to a healthy baby boy. One shunt came out during delivery, and the other ...

A new study has found that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in the placenta at much higher levels in preterm births ...

Well, Tides Medical in Lafayette is demonstrating how a mothers placenta can offer benefits beyond just supporting the baby’s ...

Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of growth and metabolic issues in offspring.

The authors suggested that the mutation might have arisen in one twin and was passed to the other in the womb through a shared placenta.