If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect the placenta. Get the facts about this important fetal organ. The placenta is an organ that develops in your ...

When you’re expecting, your body focuses on different types of hormone production, and oestrogen is a shining star among them ...

Of whether placenta complications are genetic, OB/GYN Dr. Mary Jane Minkin tells PEOPLE, "The answer is we really don't know" PEOPLE, Music Writer and Reporter While placental abruption and placenta ...

When Mana Parast was a medical resident in 2003, she had an experience that would change the course of her entire career: her first fetal autopsy. The autopsy, which pushed Parast to pursue perinatal ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When Mana Parast was a medical resident in 2003, she had an experience that would change the course of her entire career: her first fetal autopsy. The ...

Placenta Previa can be really unsettling, especially when you notice bleeding but aren't feeling any pain at all.

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

What is placenta accreta? It's a rare condition that affects around 0.2% of pregnancies. Normally, your placenta forms an attachment to the uterine lining, called the endometrium. But if you have ...