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Q: What does a low placenta sac mean durning week 20 of pregnancy?
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If cocaine was used in the thirtieth week of pregnancy would it still show up in the placenta if tested for drugs?

yes


What is placenta previa in prematurity or premature birth?

The pathology can appear as soon as in the 20th week of pregnancy but is usually seen around the 29th week. it shows as a bleeding without contractions. It can be followed for more bleedings, each growing in volume.


What does it mean to have a period come a week early then be very light and have a period come 17 days later with only spotting?

Take a pregnancy test . There is very light bleeding when the fetus and the placenta implant.


What is the placentas role?

The placenta provides your developing baby with a supply of blood, oxygen, and nutrients vital to a healthy baby! The placenta is fully developed by your 18th week of pregnancy. The placenta also carries waste including carbon dioxide away from your baby. The quality of function of your placenta is dependent upon how healthy you are, this is why it is important to keep your blood and oxygen as clean as possible especially during pregnancy (which is why you should not drink or smoke during pregnancy). The placenta keeps harmful materials away from your baby including infections but the body does not always recognize these harmful substances which is another reason you should not drink,smoke or take drugs during pregnancy.


Can you hear placenta sounds but not fetal sounds If you are 10 - 11 weeks pregnant and still be healthy pregnancy?

I never heard of placenta sounds?? You should be able to hear your baby's heartbeat by week 11-12 the latest.


What is the placenta used for?

The placenta provides your developing baby with a supply of blood, oxygen, and nutrients vital to a healthy baby! The placenta is fully developed by your 18th week of pregnancy. The placenta also carries waste including carbon dioxide away from your baby. The quality of function of your placenta is dependent upon how healthy you are, this is why it is important to keep your blood and oxygen as clean as possible especially during pregnancy (which is why you should not drink or smoke during pregnancy). The placenta keeps harmful materials away from your baby including infections but the body does not always recognize these harmful substances which is another reason you should not drink, smoke or take drugs during pregnancy.


How the level of a hormone which prevents menstruation remains high during pregnancy even after the corpus luteum has broken down?

Progesterone is the hormone that prevents menstruation and maintain pregnancy. It is initially produced by the corpus luteum. After the corpus luteum has broken down, the placenta takes over the production of progesterone from the 8th week of pregnancy until birth. Therefore, it is the placenta which keeps the level of the hormone (progesterone) high throughout pregnancy.


Can you tell me during which week of pregnancy lactation starts?

It could start when you become pregnant, but usually it starts after you birth the placenta.


What is week 9 through the delivery of the neonate?

Placenta


How soon after implantation do hCG levels rise?

HCG stands for "Human Chorionic Gonadotropin", the pregnancy hormone. HCG is being produced by the placenta and enters the blood stream as soon as implantation happens, about one week after fertilization and ovulation, when the embryo implants and the placenta attaches to the uterine lining.


Can a woman be pregnant for 13 months?

Most doctors will allow a pregnancy to go a week or two over the woman's due date. After that the placenta will not function as it should. A compromised placenta is bad news for mother and baby. Also, the baby will continue to grow until it will be too large for a safe delivery.