WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 1997: Re: Age of Placenta

Re: Age of Placenta

From: Barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 21:49:05 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Jennifer,

First off, I'm Not a doctor but I am a retired nurse if that counts for anything And the mother of four. So much for my cridentials.

I will try and explain this "Old Placenta" syndrome.

1. No-one can ever be truly positive of the Exact due date All The Time.

2. If Mom-to-be if off by a few days or weeks and the baby is overdue instead of under-due or even On Target; the placenta starts to wither away as it has Used Up it's nourisment and begins to have less blood in it. Blood is what feeds the un-born child and at this point it is the same as not having the proper intake of food in a live human being.

3. When this happens the un-born child starts to Loose body weight and so thus the reason for inducing.

I believe this is the reaso the physician induced your sister. How's the baby? How much did it weigh?

Barbara

At Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Jennifer wrote: >
>Hi-
>
>My sister had a baby and the doctor induced labor two weeks prior to the
>due date. The doctor told us that the placenta was getting old.
>
>I was curious as to how doctor's determine this information.
>And why does the placenta get too old too support the infant before the
>body is ready to deliver the baby?
>
>Interesting- I think!
>
>Thanks,
> jennifer smoyer

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Barbara Nesbitt, Co-Moderater
Women's Health Forum
OBGYN.net

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