8. Why the position of your placenta is important

The Kick Pregnancy Podcast - Un podcast de Dr Patrick Moloney and Brigid Moloney - Les lundis

The placenta is the frisbee shaped wonder pack that really has so many jobs as you grow your baby. Firstly, it sends oxygen and nutrients from the mother's circulation, down the cord into the baby. In reverse, it sends fetal waste products back up the cord into the placenta and off around the mother's body for excretion.It also is a gland that makes pregnancy hormones.BUT sometimes your placenta's position gets in the way of allowing your baby to head out your cervix when it's time for b...

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