Sharing a recent 44+ week placenta (unknown date of conception; announced pregnancy last November thinking she was already 4-8 weeks along or more, Delivered this month).
Placenta filled 241.5 '00' capsules (yes this was a LARGE placenta)
Fetal
Maternal
Washed, drained, squashed into my steamer...
Insertion
Finished Cord
Capsules ready to go to mom
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I should have weighed it and I didn't; unfortunately it was an after thought. Most placentas I can pick up with one hand to move, this one, because of it's size, shape and obviously wetness, took two hands. I am guessing it was between 3-5lbs EASILY.
oh and the insertion was way weird. Each of those 3 point attachments were 1 of the 3 arteries that made up the umbilical cord. I took a picture because I hadn't seen that before. I'll gladly hear comments about what this is, why it might happen, if there's a risk to the pregnancy, etc. I haven't had time to do much research on it.
I'll gladly hear comments about what this is, why it might happen, if there's a risk to the pregnancy, etc. I haven't had time to do much research on it.
I should have looked at my favorite website first... there's always an answer for me:
Cord Insertion
The umbilical cord typically inserts into the placenta near its center. About 90 percent of cord insertions are central or eccentric. About 7 percent of umbilical insertions occur at the placental margin. Marginal insertions are generally benign.
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In about 1 percent of singleton fetuses, cord insertion is velamentous (Figure 6). This type of cord insertion is associated with an increased risk of fetal hemorrhage from the unprotected vessels, as well as vascular compression and thrombosis. Velamentous cord insertion is also associated with advanced maternal age, diabetes mellitus, smoking, a single umbilical artery and fetal malformations.
Webs of amnion at the base of the cord may compromise circulation to the fetus.
I am intersted in the disposable sheet you are preparing the placenta on. I looked at the daydots web site and didn't seee anything like it. Can you tell me about what exactly it is and how you use it?
I am intersted in the disposable sheet you are preparing the placenta on. I looked at the daydots web site and didn't seee anything like it. Can you tell me about what exactly it is and how you use it?
Its a disposable cutting board. I use one or two for each placenta that way I don't have to worry about sterilizing or cross contaminating a cutting surface and have somewhere clean to lay out a placenta if I needed to (like with this placenta, the mom wasn't available to watch the process and the film crew, shes part of a documentary, wasn't able to get there so I photographed the entire process for them)
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