Your hormones work tirelessly during pregnancy to support your baby’s growth. Progesterone is a vital hormone during the early developmental stages of pregnancy. Its role goes beyond preparing your ...

Having a low-lying placenta may require modifying or restricting exercise, depending on how close it is to the cervix.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — After months of nurturing your unborn baby and bringing them into the world, mothers, your labor is not in vain. Is it possible that one of the most vital forms of protection ...

We’ve heard of the varying health smoothies out there, but is blending your placenta after giving birth too much of a tall order? “Teen Mom” star Kailyn Lowry doesn’t think so. On Monday, the ...

The baby has then 'opened' the blood vessel in the brain to protect the brain against the deficiency caused by a malfunctioning placenta. With a placenta that functions less well, the risk of health ...

The first time I gave birth, after a long and traumatic labor, I held my daughter in my arms while somewhere nearby, silently and out of sight, the part of my body that once tethered us together was ...

Kailyn Lowry ingested her placenta in smoothie form after secretly welcoming son Rio last year. The “Teen Mom 2” alum shared an Instagram video on Monday of herself mixing the organ in a blender ...

From left to right, the researchers Nerea San Martín González, Águeda Castro Quintas, Helena Palma Gudiel and Lourdes Fañanás Saura. Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the ...

A multidisciplinary medical team in Peru successfully managed an ectopic pregnancy in which a placenta adhered to the ...