Cord blood banking, placenta banking, and placenta encapsulation are emerging practices that pregnant women should consider due to their potential benefits.

The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies when compared to infants of mothers who did not consume...

Placenta encapsulation has become more mainstream over the last few years. New moms can do multiple things with their placenta, including storing the placenta tissue or placenta encapsulation.

Such cells aid efforts to understand miscarriage, preterm birth, other pregnancy complications by Julia Evangelou Strait•June 9, 2020 Despite researchers’ efforts to understand pregnancy — both healthy and high-risk — the...

by Heidi Murkoff, author of What to Expect When You're Expecting.  Medically Reviewed by Tarun Jain, M.D. on May 17, 2021 Animals do it. Chinese medicine has advocated it for centuries. While eating your...

By Jennifer Barton Feb 3, 2022, 7:52 AM When I was a new mom, the promise of more energy, fewer mood swings, a steady milk supply, and a quicker recovery after labor...