placenta

Some of this DNA is from the placenta and mirrors the fetus’; most is from the parent’s own cells.

To his dismay, Nundee discovered her crawling around the morning of July 10, placenta still attached.

She was blue and didn’t seem to be breathing at first while she was still connected to the placenta, which Downing said is normal.

All medications pass the placenta, and many will reach the brain of the fetus, said Veerle Bergink, director of Mount Sinai’s Women’s Mental Health Center in New York.

“The antibodies have to cross the placenta,” and that takes time.