9d • Labour & Birth
The placenta is honestly incredible.
We talk so much about babies during pregnancy, but not nearly enough about the organ that is literally keeping them alive the entire time.
Your placenta starts developing very early in pregnancy and works constantly behind the scenes to support your growing baby.
It:
• delivers oxygen and nutrients
• removes waste products
• produces important hormones
• supports growth and development
• acts as a protective filter
• connects to your baby through the umbilical cord
It’s basically functioning as your baby’s lungs, kidneys, digestive support system, and hormone factory all at once.
And the wild part?
Your body grows it from scratch.
Many parents are surprised to learn the placenta is also responsible for a lot of pregnancy symptoms and changes because of the hormones it produces.
After birth, the placenta is still an important part of the story too.
Some families choose to:
• see it after birth
• learn more about it
• take photos
• bury it beneath a tree
• honour it in cultural or personal ways
• simply appreciate the incredible job it did
Others prefer not to think about it again at all, and that’s completely okay too.
But understanding what the placenta actually does can give you a whole new appreciation for what your body is doing during pregnancy.
Did you know much about the placenta before pregnancy?
Or was it one of those things nobody really explained?
For families interested in returning their placenta to the earth, I also create handcrafted biodegradable placenta burial cocoons through Earth Friendly Cocoons.
Many families choose to plant a tree or create a small ceremony as a way of honouring this part of their pregnancy and birth journey.
You can have a look here if you’d like to learn more:
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