Heather Radke

I think I thought a thing a lot of people think, which is that the baby grows inside the placenta.

So it's actually grown by the fetus, which means that every single one of us has had a placenta.

So it's actually grown by the fetus, which means that every single one of us has had a placenta.

So it's actually grown by the fetus, which means that every single one of us has had a placenta.

I'm interested in how you got interested in the placenta. Presumably it wasn't because you got pregnant. Serendipity.

I'm interested in how you got interested in the placenta. Presumably it wasn't because you got pregnant. Serendipity.

I'm interested in how you got interested in the placenta. Presumably it wasn't because you got pregnant. Serendipity.

Eventually he figured out that what he was looking at were stem cells, placental stem cells. And over the next few decades, he and a bunch of other scientists would start to piece together the story of the placenta.

Eventually he figured out that what he was looking at were stem cells, placental stem cells. And over the next few decades, he and a bunch of other scientists would start to piece together the story of the placenta.

Eventually he figured out that what he was looking at were stem cells, placental stem cells. And over the next few decades, he and a bunch of other scientists would start to piece together the story of the placenta.

So before we start, we just want to say a note on the word mother. Not everyone who gets pregnant or has a baby identifies as a mother, but it's a word a lot of people use when talking about pregnancy, including some of our sources. And so we're using it in addition to more inclusive language like pregnant person and parent. Got it.

So before we start, we just want to say a note on the word mother. Not everyone who gets pregnant or has a baby identifies as a mother, but it's a word a lot of people use when talking about pregnancy, including some of our sources. And so we're using it in addition to more inclusive language like pregnant person and parent. Got it.

So before we start, we just want to say a note on the word mother. Not everyone who gets pregnant or has a baby identifies as a mother, but it's a word a lot of people use when talking about pregnancy, including some of our sources. And so we're using it in addition to more inclusive language like pregnant person and parent. Got it.

By the time it gets to about 32... The cluster of cells sort of forms into two layers.

By the time it gets to about 32... The cluster of cells sort of forms into two layers.

By the time it gets to about 32... The cluster of cells sort of forms into two layers.

There's a little cluster of cells on the inside...

There's a little cluster of cells on the inside...

There's a little cluster of cells on the inside...

So from the very first few days of pregnancy, these placental cells are wrapped around what's going to become the embryo, like a little blanket. And as Harvey explained all this to us, and he walked us deeper into the story of the placenta, we started to see that pregnancy isn't a peaceful nursery rhyme kind of a story about a pregnant person nurturing a fetus until it becomes a cute little baby.