Kim Kardashian made headlines in 2015 when she revealed she’d be eating her placenta after giving birth to son Saint, but seeing as she’ll welcome her third child via surrogate, things will be ...

Don't eat it, just take a picture. Photographing babies with their placenta still attached is a growing trend among new moms. Little Earthling Photography — -- Birth photographers see it all: ...

A placenta previa detected in the first trimester has up to a 90 percent chance of moving on its own; as the uterus grows, the placenta can shift along with it. However, until it actually does move a ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – More women are fighting postpartum depression by ingesting their placenta. Some women say the placenta is a life-saving organ that is being treated as medical waste. In a time ...

The placenta is a temporary organ that grows during pregnancy to filter oxygen, blood, and nutrients to your baby. After you give birth, you will also deliver your placenta shortly after. Sometimes ...

Your placenta is the lifeline between you and your baby while it's growing inside you. Once it's served that purpose, it's usually discarded. But you can choose to do any number of things with it — ...

The first stage is when you begin to experience the contractions that cause changes in your cervix to prepare for delivery. The second stage is when your baby is delivered. The third stage is when you ...

Placenta previa occurs when the placenta covers the opening of the cervix during the last months of pregnancy. This condition can cause severe bleeding before or during labor. The placenta develops in ...

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 ...

It was "life-changing" for Kourtney Kardashian. Mad Men actress January Jones touted its benefits too. Tia and Tamera Mowry of the reality show Sister Sister tried it, as did Alicia Silverstone, Big ...

The placenta can be eaten raw, or it can be incorporated into a special meal. Placenta recipes are a real thing that are on the Internet. Lest you never want to eat lasagna again, I have not included ...

During pregnancy, the placenta secretes hormones that increase insulin resistance, which may cause gestational diabetes (GD). Left untreated, diabetes can damage the placenta. GD begins in the ...