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 ...

Staggeringly, we now know that the placenta uses a special protein (called PP13) to inflame the tissue around tiny veins in the uterus, causing the mother's immune system to invest heavily in ...

A decidual cast is a fleshy mass of intact tissue that is often triangular, in the shape of the uterus. It is typically red, pink, or flesh-colored, and some people compare it to the look and feel of ...

Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric ...

This article has explored the cervix, uterus, placenta, fetal membranes chorion and amnion, amniotic fluid, and maternal influences on fetal development. This information may give the newborn ...

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 ...

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

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

The chorion lies closest to the placenta. The chorionic sac encompasses ... Previous scars of the uterus either from cesarean section or dilation and curettage (D&C) can result in amniotic sheets ...