09/22/2025
๐โจ Wonderful organ! I Never stop learning! Love this Holistic Heritage Homebirth !
Look at this stunning placenta! This one is vacuum-sealed.โฃ
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Hereโs some things you might not have known about the โTree of Lifeโ:โฃ
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1. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ. The placenta isnโt fully formed until 8-10 weeks. In those early months, your body is releasing HCG, progesterone, and estrogen to feed and grow the placenta. It is these hormones that begin a healthy pregnancy.โฃ
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2. Before the placenta attaches to the uterine wall, something amazing happens. The arteries in your uterus are called โspiral arteries,โ and they are curled like little pigtails. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ขโ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ โ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆโ (๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข so it can fuse to the uterine wall. โฃ
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3. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ. The blood that flows from you to your baby has to get past the โbouncerโ before itโs allowed through. So the nutrients get to your baby, and waste is filtered out.โฃ
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4. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐น๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ. So in those moments of intense contractions where baby is hugged tightly, the placenta is there to provide extra oxygen if needed.โฃ
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Itโs an incredible organ, and the only one that we grow and dispose of in our lifetime. โฃ
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None of us would be here without it.โฃ
No wonder itโs called the Tree of Life!
