The most important organ for a still unborn child during the entire pregnancy is the placenta. This organ is born in the uterus only after fertilization. And already half an hour after birth the placenta leaves the uterus.
The placenta, or in the common people's place, nourishes the fetus with oxygen, nutrients, displays disintegration products, and also performs a protective function, protecting the infant from various infections and toxic substances that can get from the mother to the uterus.
The placenta goes through the path of education, maturity and aging. At the initial stage the placenta is called a chorion, and already in the second month it is formed in the placenta. In total, four degrees of maturity of the placenta are distinguished by weeks : 0, I, II, and III.
That is why on every planned ultrasound of the fetus the doctor carefully studies the placenta and determines the degree of its maturity. After all, the baby's nutrition, its development and its health depend on it.
Maturity of the placenta 0
Normally, the degree of maturity of the placenta is zero until 30 weeks. This condition of the placenta indicates that this vital organ for the baby fully performs all its functions and can protect it as much as possible.
At a degree of maturity of the placenta 0 this organ has a homogeneous structure and is at the first stage of its development.
However, both the premature aging of the placenta and the delay in the maturity of this important organ are bad. After all, with the growth of the fetus, the placenta also grows, and if it does not change until the 34th week, doctors make such a diagnosis as "late maturation of the placenta". Fortunately, this is a rather rare phenomenon. Women who suffer from diabetes mellitus or have a different Rh factor with a fetus belong to the risk category, and this development of the placenta may indicate a possible presence of malformations in the development of the child.
But the main thing for a mother during pregnancy is not to worry, doctors can also make mistakes and put an incorrect diagnosis. May your pregnancy and childbirth not bring you disappointment.