Cannabidiol (CBD), the component in cannabis often used for therapeutic treatments, is increasingly being used during pregnancy as a means of managing ...
I gave birth to my first child and opted not to cut the cord-and, subsequently, the attached placenta-and allow it to fall away naturally. Cord non-severance is otherwise referred to as a lotus birth, ...
Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol — a necessary hormone for fetal development — and this would affect the baby's development from very ...