Some options may carry health risks, so it's important to be informed. Discuss any plans for your placenta with your healthcare provider in advance. Curious about things you can do with your placenta ...

In this Sept. 13, 2013, photo, A small piece of placenta sits in a jar as Laura Curtis of Placentawise in Lindon, Utah, prepares a placenta for a client that will be turned into capsules as a ...

An obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Akinsola Akinde, has advised women against consuming their placentas, saying there is no medical evidence to support its health benefits to new mothers. Akinde, ...

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 ...

Risk of placenta accreta rises in women with multiple C-sections. Barbara George, who nearly died of placenta accrete with the birth of her daughter Hannah, is outraged over the rising cesarean rate.