Birth photography

8 Amazing Facts About the Placenta

8 Amazing Facts About the Placenta

I always love to get a photo of the placenta at a birth (and try to convince everyone in the family to take a look at it, ha!). It is an incredibly fascinating organ! It supplies nutrients, fluids and oxygen to a baby for an entire pregnancy. The placenta connects the developing fetus (baby) to the wall of the mother’s uterus via the umbilical…