01/31/2026
I urge women and men to take their health, their habits, and their diets seriously, especially a few months before conceiving. Quite a few of the placentas I've seen lately have not been in the best shape.
Some of what I've seen that constitutes as less than optimal: calcifications and cysts, smaller than normal placentas, quite a few hematomas, and the placentas are compromised and causing issues such as IUGR, high blood pressure and Pre-eclampsia.
Some of the ones pictured below caused issues such as pre-e with some calcification that could be felt as gritty or having a rough texture