CORVALLIS, OR (CBS Local) - A new report has given mothers the green light to eat their own placenta after giving birth. According to the largest study ever carried out on the subject, researchers say ...

Eating your own placenta is marketed to come with benefits such as increased milk production. However, there is no scientific evidence that supports these claims. I chose not to encapsulate my ...

Your labor is over! Your sweet baby is finally in your arms and the tough job of childbirth is nearly complete. All that remains is tying up the loose ends, so to speak, and this means the delivery of ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. In almost all mammals, the placenta—the organ that develops in pregnancy to provide oxygen and nutrients to the ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists carefully probe a placenta donated after birth, bluish umbilical cord still attached. This is the body’s most mysterious organ, and inside lie clues to how this giver of life ...

Smoothies are yummy blended drinks that deliver a nutritional punch. New mom Hilary Duff took the “smoothie-nutrition” concept to a new level following the birth of her daughter, Banks Violet Bair.

Among women in England, cesarean section in the first delivery increased the risk of placenta previa in the subsequent delivery by 60%. There was no evidence that the effect of CS on placenta previa ...

After a woman gives birth, the placenta, which nourishes the growing baby in the uterus, is supposed to expel from the womb. But in some women the placenta attaches to the uterus, a rare condition ...