Placenta previa occurs when the placenta settles unusually low in the uterus and lies near or directly over the cervix. Since the cervix is the pathway your baby uses during labour, a low placenta ...

Recognition of three basic placenta types by Otto Grosser over a century ago has proven its worth: non-invasive, moderately invasive or highly invasive. In contrast to the invasive types, no breakdown ...

After your baby's birth, you must take another significant step: delivering the placenta. In most cases, it comes out naturally within a few minutes. However, sometimes, it doesn't. This is called a ...