Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tracey McMahon, a lactation consultant, left, offers last-minute tips to Michaela Varsakelis of Gallatin, Tenn., center, about ...

Your labor is over! Your sweet baby is finally in your arms and the tough job of childbirth is nearly complete. All that remains is tying up the loose ends, so to speak, and this means the delivery of ...

You've just given birth. Your baby is there, everyone is happy, and you feel relieved, finally. However, your delivery isn't quite over yet. The placenta is still there, the organ that protected your ...

Marley Dewey receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, ...