The placenta is a unique organ of pregnancy that nourishes your baby. Typically, it attaches to the top or side of the uterus. The baby is attached to the placenta via the umbilical cord.

The placenta is always buried face down with the smooth side up. If buried upside down, the baby might vomit during feeding. The ground is chosen as the final resting place because Earth is revered as ...

I swear he never sleeps!" – hopeful102109 Also, if you have an anterior placenta, you may feel baby kicks along the sides of your belly rather than in the middle. An anterior placenta usually ...

Most pathologists, he added, “don’t see the human side of this at all. I deal with patients every day. This is very real to me.” The human placenta does a lot of work for the fetus ...

Your placenta should attach to the top or side of your uterus, nowhere near your cervix (the opening of your uterus). If you have placenta previa, your placenta attaches low in your uterus ...

A healthy placenta attaches to the wall of the uterus, often to the top, side, front or back. The placenta is a temporary ...