12/16/2025
The placenta is our first home—an extraordinary organ that nourishes, protects, and supports life long before we enter the world.
The placenta works through specialized structures that support life before birth. Chorionic villi increase surface area for the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste. The intervillous space holds maternal blood for this exchange. The umbilical cord connects baby and placenta, transporting oxygen and nutrients. The placenta also produces essential hormones that sustain pregnancy and regulate growth—making it the baby’s first life-support system.
And one more fact, our body grows this organ with each pregnancy!
Did you get a chance to see you baby’s first home after delivery?