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What is placenta praevia?
By Laura Lee Davies on 12/12/2006 01:13:50
Sometimes, placenta grows across the opening of the uterus. This is called placenta praevia, and can be dangerous for mother and baby.
Doctors today are well aware of the dangers of placenta praevia, but what exactly is it and should you be concerned about it?What is placenta praevia?The placenta is your baby's source of nourishment through pregnancy. Sometimes, it grows low down
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Know-how: Placenta
By Laura Lee Davies on 29/09/2009 01:04:41
What is placenta, what placental complications can occur, and what role does it play in pregnancy?
The placentaThe placenta develops, attached to the interior wall of the womb, at the same time as the fetus. It not only creates the pregnancy hormones needed for the mother to physically change during pregnancy, but also acts as a feeding mechanism
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IVF linked to risk of placenta previa
By Laura Lee Davies on 25/05/2006 13:53:37
New study suggests an increased risk of placenta previa in pregnancies created through IVF or ICSI treatment.
An extensive study in Norway suggests there may be a link between some forms of assisted reproduction and the condition placenta previa. Placenta previa is a condition in pregnancy, where placenta is covering part or all of the cervix and therefore
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Placenta praevia more common in IVF pregnancies
By Clio FitzHerbert on 26/02/2010 17:00:21
Placenta praevia is a bigger threat for IVF mums-to-be, research suggests
Women who conceive through IVF are more likely to develop the pregnancy complication placenta praevia, according to a Japanese study.Five percent of women who became pregnant through IVF developed the condition, compared to 1.5% of women who had
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January Jones eats her own placenta
By Anna Lewis on 26/03/2012 12:12:54
Mad Men star January Jones says she would recommend eating placenta to all new mums
Actress January Jones has admitted eating her own placenta.The Mad Men star, who gave birth to son Xander in September, says she was hesitant at first, but soon came round to the supposed benefits.“I have a great doula [caregiver who offers
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Mum beats rare placenta cancer and walks again
By Sophie Westnedge on 18/06/2012 16:19:32
Bally Taylor developed a rare form of cancer during pregnancy but proved doctors wrong after she was told she would lose the use of her legs
by it, reports the Daily Mail.Bally was told by doctors the pain she was experiencing was caused by a placenta cancer that would eventually leave her paralysed.The 37-year-old went to the doctor when she first started to get back pains while pregnant
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Placentas flown into UK to fight pregnancy complications
By Kimberley Smith on 18/03/2011 13:35:24
Doctors investigate the impact of low oxygen on unborn babies to help in quest to prevent miscarriage, stillbirth, and problem pregnancies
Placentas of babies born at high altitudes have begun arriving at a lab in Cambridge University. They are part of a new study looking at how lack of oxygen affects babies in the womb, funded by children’s charity Action Medical Research.Dr Andrew
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What is placental insufficiency?
By Laura Lee Davies on 25/08/2006 01:20:58
The placenta is the source of all nourishment to the fetus during pregnancy, but what happens when it doesn't perform effectively?
Better research has meant that more babies are now able to survive placental insufficiency, but what is it and how can it affect your pregnancy?What is placental insufficiency?A baby in the womb is fed via the placenta, an organ which provides food
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High-fat diet during pregnancy 'increases the risk of stillbirth'
By Lara Brunt on 06/06/2011 16:16:10
An unhealthy diet decreases blood flow from mum to baby via the placenta, say researchers
.Previous studies have found that nearly all pregnancy complications are in some way linked to a damaged placenta, which nourishes an unborn baby.The researchers studied 24 pregnant Japanese macaques monkeys, which have a similar placental structure to humans
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What giving birth REALLY feels like
By Anne Richley, midwife on 13/09/2010 17:03:11
We take you from first contraction to delivering the placenta after your baby's born, and show you exactly what you can expect from labour each step of the way
What happens in labourIn the movies, birth usually starts with a dramatic waters breaking, a mad dash to the hospital and then out pops the baby with the mum barely breaking out in a sweat. In real life, there's a bit more to birth than that!However, it isn't always as painful an...
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