The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

Mono-di twins share a placenta, which means they need extra monitoring to make sure they're getting enough nutrients and ...

The women were born as monochorionic monoamniotic identical twins, which means that they shared both a placenta and amniotic sac, as opposed to growing their own individual sacs as twins usually do.

This inflammation most commonly results from bacterial infection of the amniotic fluid, the fetal membranes, the placenta, and/or the uterus. In clinical practice, the terms "chorio" and ...

The observed association with conditions which may form part of the differential diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism ... abnormalities suggests that placenta praevia and placental abruption ...

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.” ‘Bridget Jones’ has become one of the biggest and most beloved ...

Here’s what you can expect when labor is 24 to 48 hours away: One obvious sign indicating the start of labor is your water breaking, or more specifically, the rupture of your amniotic sac.