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\"is<\/a>Have you ever been told that your placenta is \u201cshowing signs of aging and deterioration\u201d and that this is a reason for induction?<\/p>\n

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Definitely worth a read (and a re-read as you get closer to your estimated due date). ?<\/p>\n

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\u201cA review of the available evidence<\/a> indicates that the placenta does not undergo a true aging change during pregnancy. There is, in fact, no logical reason for believing that the placenta, which is a fetal organ, should age while the other fetal organs do not: the situation in which an individual organ ages within an organism that is not aged is one which does not occur in any biological system. The persisting belief in placental aging has been based on a confusion between morphological maturation and differentiation and aging, a failure to appreciate the functional resources of the organ, and an uncritical acceptance of the overly facile concept of \u201cplacental insufficiency\u201d as a cause of increased perinatal mortality.\u201d\u00a0https:\/\/fn.bmj.com\/content\/77\/3\/F171<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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