Let's Talk About the Placenta – Your Baby's First Lifeline
Mommy Labor Nurse
Liesel Teen
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Curious about where your placenta is? Wondering what the deal is with different placenta positions? You are in the right place!
I don't know about you, but the placenta fascinates me! Just think about everything it does. Not only does it provide oxygen and nutrients to help your baby grow, but it also eliminates waste.
For all intents and purposes, it is your growing baby's lifeline.
Listen in to learn ALL ABOUT this incredible organ.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, still working hard on an epic new show behind the scenes. I promise, I promise it's |
| 0:04.4 | going to be worth the way. But in the meantime, here's a really awesome re-release to hold you over. |
| 0:08.9 | And by the way, the best way to stay updated on the launch is by reading my weekly newsletter. |
| 0:13.5 | You can sign up for it at mommy labor nurse.com slash email and you get a free hospital bag checklist |
| 0:18.6 | when you sign up. |
| 0:27.2 | So, like I said, not supposed to have a vaginal delivery when you have a previa, but there are some things to know about this. |
| 0:28.9 | So if you get diagnosed with a previa, let's say at week 20 or week 18 when you have your |
| 0:33.9 | anatomy scan, there is a good chance that your placenta can move, right? Because your |
| 0:39.1 | uterus gets bigger with your pregnancy. And when that happens, your placenta can move alongside. |
| 0:46.5 | Okay. So sometimes it moves in the right direction. It goes up and it grows away from your cervix. |
| 0:52.7 | Sometimes it moves in the opposite direction and it grows, |
| 0:56.2 | you know, closer to your cervix and more over your cervix. |
| 1:08.2 | You're listening to the Mommy Labor Nurse podcast, where you'll gain the knowledge and confidence you need to erase the unknowns of pregnancy and birth and rock the newborn days like a boss. |
| 1:19.6 | My name is Lise Lteen. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm a fellow mom, labor and delivery nurse, and your host. |
| 1:24.8 | Each week on this podcast, you'll hear a mix of birth stories, expert interviews, |
| 1:29.2 | and other fun pregnancy and birth-related content. As a reminder, anything you hear in this podcast |
| 1:34.7 | is not medical advice. Please see mommylabornerce.com slash disclaimer for more details. And now, |
| 1:41.5 | let's get into this week's episode. In this episode of the Mommy |
| 1:47.1 | Lubreners podcast, we are going to talk all about guess what? Your placenta and the |
| 1:53.5 | umbilical cord. So the placenta is a pancake-shaped shape organ. It's kind of crazy. If you've |
| 1:58.9 | never seen one in person, they're pretty wild looking. So it's this pancake-shaped organ. It's kind of crazy. If you've never seen one in person, they're pretty wild looking. |
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