Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually, posing a major cause of maternal death. Yet why it happens is still not ...

If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect the placenta. Get the facts about this important fetal organ. The placenta is an organ that develops in your ...

An inverted uterus — a uterus that folds in on itself — is a serious, potentially deadly complication. (Illustration: Joamir Salcedo; photo: Getty Images) Some people assume that pregnancy and ...

SAN ANTONIO — It's a condition that could lead to life-threatening complications for both mom and baby, and advocates focus on raising awareness for it each October. Placenta accreta is a pregnancy ...

When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...

A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain ...

“It didn’t hit me that this could potentially be problematic,” Courtney Nowak, of Staten Island, NY remembers thinking. She had just had a routine sonogram at 13 weeks and her doctor had drawn her a ...

As cesarean delivery (C-section) rates continue to rise worldwide, experts at NYU Langone Health are highlighting a surgical ...

I had not given much thought to placentas until the one inside me refused to come out. I’d never thought of the placenta as an object that had agency, let alone its own personality. But there I was, ...

If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect it. Get the facts about this important organ that joins the mother and baby. What does the placenta do? The ...