Fascinating beyond words! Please don't apologize for showing the real Human anatomy. After more than 6 decades this is the 1st time I've seen an actual placenta and an explanation of how it works. Thank you!!!
I wanted to mention something! It's not 'normal' to pull the placenta out of the mother. Sometimes it needs some time but at the end it's the healthiest way to give birth to your placenta on the same way as the mother did with the child. Nowadays we think it needs to be in a hurry because of to much blood lose but it can be really traumatic for a woman if you pull the placenta out. That beeing said, love your content, really great!!!!! ❤
Nobody with proper medical training will pull a placenta out. You massage the fundus (top) of the now empty uterus on the wall of the abdomen to encourage it to contract and expel the placenta - then it is examined to see that it is complete.
Yes! Normally it should be 'born' like the baby, sometimes it won't, because contractions stop or it's more 'stuck' than it needs to be. And they will pull gently on the umbilical cord. ( I had one that just came and one that had to be pulled a little) and he's right, 'uncomfortable' is an understatement...
You're showing us your baby's placenta? That's so cool. Congratulations on the new baby and thanks to your wife for allowing us to see and learn from it.
Congrats on the new addition to the family! Right after my son was born, I got to nerd out with the obgyn who delivered him, and she was handling the placenta, showing it off, and I got to take pictures. I think that the amnion (the sac?) was still in place because she put her hands into it and spread it out, like a big ol' balloon. It was amazing to see. My wife, though, wouldn't let me keep it, take it home, wanted to bury it in the garden. Oh, well!
@@jaworskirob Women have too much power. Burying it in the garden would have been the appropriate thing to do. Maybe plant a flower on top, or something. Haha
When my youngest son was born, we took the placenta home and planted it under the lemon tree. Thoroughly examined it first, of course.The body side looked like a moonscape, the baby side was really smooth. and yes, covered with a thin membrane which reminded me of the membrane I remove from liver, before it is cooked. The lemon tree did really well. My Dad always joked that when you would cut a lemon from the tree, it would cry like a baby!
This is a common practice from where I'm from (Nigeria, West Africa). My mom told me my placenta was buried under a young palm tree. I think it's amazing, especially as I've grown to have green fingers. 😅
I like how you say you "planted" your son's placenta under the lemon tree. That's an amazing perception as it does indeed nourish the lemon tree and become a part of it and "grow".
retired RN here! I have seen many placentas in OB studies, but never quite as well explained! Thanks so much and hugs to your wife and baby! I had 5 myself and it is indeed a fantastic process. Congratulations on your addition to the family! My oldest is approaching 60!!
I also didn't realize how huge the placenta is. I couldn't help but think how much extra work it takes for the mom to make all of this! It's making a whole other organ to help the growth of a baby. That's insane 😳
The size of the placenta is mainly determined by its gas exchange function. You have a liquid to liquid gas exchange. It depends mainly on the concentration gradient across the gas transfer membranes. The concentration of gases dissolved in liquids is not very high. And the transport mechanisms are different. The CO2 is mainly dissolved in the bload plasma. The oxygen is chemically bond to haemoglobine. The oxygen transfer is more critical than the CO2-transfer. The water content of the bload plasma can be transported directly through the membranes. For the oxygen you need to have a lot of exchange area, more than you have in your lungs.
And you have to birth the placenta too right after you birth the baby! Riiight when you think you’re done they have you push some more to birth that big thing lol it was awful birthing it with both of my kids!
Imagine having a man so in touch with himself that’s he’s able to do this, not even that, came up with the idea. I applaud you for being a great educator and a great husband!
A huge thank you to your wonderful wife for allowing us to learn (and see) how amazing an actual placenta is. I’ve always admired people who donate their bodies to science (after their passing) but this is just so fascinating because this organ belongs to a (still) living person. And it has such a greater meaning when you think this has been the place your little daughter was nurtured into life. Words cannot express my appreciation for both you and your wife and this channel. Thank you, thank you. Congrats on the birth of your beautiful daughter.🥰
@Louis Avina whats your point? The comment was beautifully thought out and written from the heart. Who cares if the placenta is thrown away or not, who cares if anyone knows its thrown away or not ... can we not just enjoy the beautiful and eloquent comment.
@Louis Avina I think they use it, or parts of it in some countries. It actually costs a lot of money, but i'm not sure you're allowed to sell it, because it's an organ. I have to check that. Most definitely it shouldn't be thrown away.
As a former labor and delivery nurse I’ve seen hundreds of placentas. Truly amazing, like lungs, kidneys and a liver all in one plus some! I also teach childbirth classes and of course the placenta is discussed. It’s so important to know how the baby is nourished during pregnancy.
Ah-bloomin-mazing!!! When my daughter was born 25 years ago, I asked the surgeon if I could examine my placenta. He was very surprised but delighted to show me!
I got preeclampsia twice during 2 different pregnancies. I donated my placenta. Hopefully they learn more about the pregnancy disease that I had and what they find can help others in the future.
Same (first time during, second time postpartum), but I don't know what happened with either of my placentas. I never realized the placenta has the potential to be studied for the causes of preeclampsia.
I was in a Toronto study for preeclampsia. They took my placenta for research too, with my permission..my obgyn gave me a tour of the placenta postpartum before it was shipped off…fascinating organ.
I have always been in awe of the placenta. Being a science nerd, I surprised the MD in my delivery room when I asked to see and touch and examine the placenta after my daughter was born. The MD was so excited to show me the blood vessels and explain how everything worked. It was amazing. My daughters father left the room, green in the face. Lol
For all the fellas: 🤢 It's just the reality a man has during that time, that the Almighty Creator has made things magnificent. Until that moment, most of us men think too highly of ourselves. It's kinda like pain so bad it brings on vomiting feeling
@@lowlightevangelist9431 For all the god believers……study science. Study evolution by natural selection. You’ll see how the placenta evolved naturally. Still believe your god did it? Prove it. But first, prove your god even exists. I know, I know, you have to have faith.
@@loriw2661 John 12:48 (KJV) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. Jesus Christ
I've had 5 babies and I'm pregnant now. I asked twice to see my placentas. My last pregnancy was twins. Again, I was SO excited to see my placentas. I made this request in advance so that I and they could prepare in whatever ways were required. They told me that they'd be happy to show me. On delivery day the doctors told me I couldn't see them unless I was taking them home and had an appropriate container to do so. 😔 I was so disappointed. After discussing them in advance they abruptly tell me this nonsense. It's quite amazing that you were about to ask right there in the delivery room and not only see it but get to remove it from the hospital. I literally only asked to see it. I find it quite an amazing organ and it came *from me!* I grew it/them over almost a year's time but now you tell me I can't see them - you have to get them into the trash as quickly as possible. 😞
this is one of the most graphic and so realistic...I really wanted to see this ..thanks a lot man for creating this video... and ofcourse..congratulations on the new member to the family ..she will proud to have such an awesome father 🙂
I can imagine 2 different scenarios. 1. "Eww Dad.......I don't want to see that again! That's so gross!" and/or 2. "Hey Johnny....wanna see what my blood from a capillary looks like? Arteries are cooler but it's unsafe to show blood from those. One day I'm going to be a surgeon just to touch the organs Daddy talks about on TH-cam! LOOK! THERE'S MY OLD PLACENTA! SEE!?!? It's in my Daddy's lab!"
@@marieb9961 why poor? She didn't have to pay in kidneys or money to have the child. She is rich. Life is beautiful. If u dont have a child or u can't have one u r the poor one really. Ur blood line ends with u. No one to continue ur legacy.. U r forgotten in the sands of time. That woman is settled for life now. If this guy divorces she will get free money for the rest of her life just bcz she had a baby by the virtue of her biology🤣
As a pregnant woman, I appreciate this, and how respectful you are towards the process of bringing up a baby. Thanks for this lesson to you, and your wife. ❤
I think you're the only father who would be excited to show off and play with your wife's and childs placenta. This is really neat thanks for showing this to us and educating us more about the placenta! Just had my first sonogram today and found out I am 9 weeks 6 days pregnant so if you do end up doing the series I would love to know more! Congratulations to you and your wife and glad y'all had a safe delivery ❤
Please do the series on pregnancy/labor. I’m currently 13 weeks pregnant, and found this so so interesting! Would love to see the rest of the videos you make on the subject!
Yes!!!! I’m 13 weeks right lol I’d love more info there’s just so much stuff they don’t ever tell us it’s mainly all about heart burn and morning sickness
As a female and Mother. I really enjoyed seeing this. Visual information has so much more impact than a drawing. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy that new little bundle. 😊
Thank you to your wife for sharing something so personal and educating people about the placenta - an organ so many never get to see even when it's their own. Congratulations to you both too 👍
My background is Surgical Tech, and wanted to ask you about the separation of the placenta from mom's tissue, what makes this happen and how. It's so amazing how our body works
I have the same question; I had a complication with my second child where my placenta did not separate quick enough and it had to be manually removed. I've wondered what may have contributed to that.
It comes down to a lack of blood returning to the placenta. It starts a cascade of physiological events, which leads to both the maternal arteries to reduce blood flow, and the placenta starts to detach. The placenta also naturally starts to break down, which is why 41 - 42 weeks gestation is seen as the maximum safe length for a fetus to grow.
When I was pregnant with my twins, we had to get them delivered at 36 weeks because of placenta privia....not sure what that means. They were fine! They have grown into amazing young men. Fraternal twins.
When my granddaughter was born I asked if I could observe her placenta. They let me look at it several hours. So fascinating and such a privilege. The human body is such a miracle! Thank you for sharing this.
Your dedication to teaching us about the human body and its processes is admirable. It’s actually kinda funny in a sweet way how you kept us in mind when handling all the business with your daughter’s arrival. Tell your wife and new daughter that we are very thankful for the placenta you used to teach us!!! All the props!
Congratulations to you and your wife. Welcom to your daughter. I'm happy to see videos about the placenta and also I'm glad to know you will make future videos about embryology and developement. These are topics not easy to learn when you just read books, like anatomy. Seeing is important. I remember having difficulties to understand what a cotyledon is. Seeing it really helps.
The Placenta is Gods gift of life. I’m amazed we as humans haven’t done more medical research on this miraculous life giving life sustaining organ. There’s so much more life the placenta can give to humanity. It’s so clear!
This was a very personal experience. You recognised the outstanding chance to provide a thoughtful and upfront explanation of how things work. I just wanted to say thank you for this.
I had all 3 of my kids at home with a midwife. The first time I saw a placenta was after my first son was born. It’s an amazing contraption. I was an EMT at the time so very interested in all of it. 😄👍 Thank your wife for allowing you to share. She’s awesome!
It’s so cool to me that someone could think a woman’s placenta is fascinating. I’m so accustomed to the cultural perspective of such things as being dirty or gross.
I cannot even begin to imagine, how proud your daughter would be to watch this video to learn about Placenta! After I delivered my baby I wanted to see the placenta, but the med staff didn't want to risk my wellbeing, since I m from non med bg. But thanks to yt and people like u who give us an insight into the marvellous imagination of our Creator! It was very informative! Thanks
This is awesome! I have twins who shared a placenta so I can see how little room there must have been for them. They were born at 32 weeks but are amazingly healthy and intelligent almost 12 year olds
I'm from Germany and absolutely love this channel! 😍 Next year I'm starting to study midwifery, so this video/content is so so much appreciated 😍 Congratulations to you and your family ✨
Thank you so much! I'm a nursing student specializing in Labor and Delivery. Anything regarding pregnancy, birth, ovulation, menstruation, and so on is incredibly helpful! Also shout out to the Mrs. for providing a beautiful specimen! Wishing you a quick recovery and a full night of sleep!
I also love the placenta! I've popped out 4, two are buried in the garden as I had homebirths. Nurses , midwives, are very good at checking the health of the placenta. I'm in awe of mine, they functioned well even though I had 42+ week pregnancies. Never a 'ragged' placenta or membrane. How amazing! When you tell your kids they actually formed the placenta, not the mother, they're stunned.
I'm glad you had great midwives who checked you! I had a crappy one who didn't want to know me after it became clear I was having a more difficult pregnancy and neither did she pass me to someone else when asked. She just basically stopped being available. When I delivered (troublesome birth as well where my premature daughter nearly died), the student midwife noted that mine was missing chunks and was shut down by her. Ended with almost half my placenta in bits being left inside me and the beginnings of sepsis before a nurse friend decided she was done with maternity not wanting to know and hauling me into emergency herself and self checking me in! It makes a huge difference when you have a healthy placenta. My daughter practically stopped growing almost 6 weeks before birth. It was only passing her the absolute minimum to survive. Me turning up to hospital and not leaving til I got checked saved her
I have given birth 3 times and never had the chance to "nerd out" over the placenta. Fascinating! Congratulations to you and your partner on the new addition! I wanted to examine the placenta after the births but tbh, I don't really remember much of the process of the afterbirth. I remember the nurses massaging my abdomen and telling me to push but I was so wrapped up in my new baby I didn't really pay attention. Thank you for this. I am now a nursing student (48 years old) and I look forward to seeing this in my career.
This is such a cool video! Your wife sounds a cool person, letting you do something really instrucional with such a delicate and personal experience she had to go through. All for the sake of learning!
I worked in a hospital laboratory for 20 years. Part of my duties included disposing of surgical specimens monthly from the morgue. Although I have had literally 1000 placentas in my hands, I have learned so much from your video. The practice during my time, the containers used to store the placentas after the pathologist finished his analysis, would have to be emptied each month and all those containers and lids would have to be hand washed and ready to use again. That was the fun part.... This is one of my all time favorite channels. Thanks for sharing with us. Congratulations with your new baby and please thank your wife for allowing us to learn from this miracle. Praying all of God's wonderful blessings for your family.
Great video and explanation, I was with my daughter as she delivered her babies and once the placenta was delivered I felt compelled to take photos. That was nearly 30 years ago and now I have a better understanding of that compulsion I had, the placenta was a vital part of my grandchildren's lives
wow this is so fascinating. Not every day you get to see such a fresh biological sample of something like this. Never really knew what the placenta looked like before this
I'd REALLY like to see a video that discusses uterine anomalies, with some focus on a septate uterus. My husband and I had 4 miscarriages, and I was misdiagnosed as having a bicornuate uterus. I ended up finding a great doctor who specialized in uterine abnormalities. He was able to very easily scope me during my 4th D & C, which confirmed his suspicions of my having a septum. Fifth surgery was successful in removing as much of the septum as possible. I'm told that while I'm going to be high risk due to my history, that I am capable of carrying a healthy baby to term. I cannot convey through words what it would mean to me to see this topic covered..even if it's just a small portion of one of your future videos on feminine reproduction. I'm so scared to even try for another pregnancy. Y'all explain things so thoroughly and with such passion, enthusiasm, and genuine care for the study of medicine. If it doesn't happen, or it's not a topic you guys want to cover, no hard feelings. I'll still watch and support the channel, just as I always have. But please consider it. Thanks for everything y'all do, and for keeping this channel so interesting, educational, and informative. P.S. CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE FOR WELCOMING A HEALTHY BABY INTO THIS WORLD AND INTO YOUR LIVES!!!
This is really cool. I got to see mine before they took it off to pathology (I had a really rare complication relating to the placenta) without me even asking. It's bigger and beefier in real life. It's absolutely amazing that our bodies can produce life in this manner.
Same! My midwife just held it up and was like “here’s that little pocket!” I was so locked into my new baby and missed what she was explaining, wish I knew what it was now lol
Absolutely fascinating! I have had two children and I never realized that the placenta was so large or so complex. Thank you for this amazing video. And a HUGE congratulations on the birth of your daughter!!
Ive just started my midwifery post grad, as a registered nurse in Ireland I am required to undertake another course to work in L&D, and we literally covered the placenta yesterday. This is fantastically timed. And I cannot wait for the rest of these videos you have planned!
Fun fact: after having a corneal ulcer years ago, my opthalmologist had me wear a "contact lens" over the affected eye that was made from placenta, which apparently have healing properties
That's so cool! I hope you healed perfectly. Yes, other countries use placenta or some type of medically processed placenta for all sorts of medical issues, from liver disease to wound healing. Thanks for sharing. 💜
The human body is truly amazing. I was a theatre nurse for 30years so was lucky enough to see and learn a lot about anatomy. However, most of the organs i did see were diseased or damaged to some extent. Im retired now but still enjoying learning more from watching your videos. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter x
Wow!!! Amazing! I’m a mother and I’m in awe the functionality of placenta. This is anatomy 101 for me. Rewatching this video 4x already. Thanks for the added “ key concept”. Really helps to understand better.
I had the furtune to be in the delivery room with my wife and got to know up close the placenta. What a wonderful sight! This amazing tissue that makes life possible. It's always discarded as waste and never gets the praise it deserves.
I did SO MUCH research on pregnancy and childbirth when I was in my kid-having phase of life, and have never seen so much info about the placenta. This is wonderful! I'm looking forward to seeing future videos on this topic!
Wow. What a FANTASTIC video. I have one son born when i was 40 and I tried for a long time to get pregnant. I was in awe of what my body did to create my little human. I had NO idea of the intricacies of it all. How anyone can deny a Creator is beyond me.
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter and thank your wife for sharing her placenta for the enlightenment of those of us who gave birth to three children and never saw one placenta!!!
First off, CONGRATULATIONS to you and your wife! Secondly, a big thank you to your wife for graciously sharing one of a woman’s most intimate aspects in human anatomy. And to you, for illustrating and teaching about the miracle of life. After watching this video, I better understand the problem I experienced during pregnancy. I wasn’t producing enough progesterone, and although my doctor prescribed progesterone supplements, I miscarried at 16 weeks. The fetus was expelled (vaginally) by an ER nurse and cradled in the palm of her hand. I was beside myself with shock and horror especially since two weeks prior, I’d been given an ultrasound and everything appeared fine. Then, about a half hour after, I experienced the worst pain I had ever experienced this far. A pain so severe that I would’ve taken anything someone gave me just to quell the pain. If I’m not mistaken, the placenta was partially detached-or hadn’t detached at all. The excruciating pain came and went in waves, and I felt a gush of blood seep out with each contraction. How cruel it was to be giving birth, enduring the pains of labor-for nothing. Nothing to hold, nothing to love. After it was over and I underwent a D & C, I was placed in a recovery room-alone. No reinforcements were offered to help me cope with my loss. In fact, no hospital staff entered my room at all except to serve discharge papers. Of course, this has nothing to do with anatomy, but I do hope that as our knowledge expands on the science (of conception through birth), the narrative will change in regard to the manner in which the concept of miscarriage is dealt with. It’s still a dirty word…taboo. It’s bad enough people won’t discuss it, but it’s equally frustrating that there’s hardly any literature on the topic. Books prepare you for what to expect when you’re expecting, but to prepare you for what to expect when you’re NOT expecting it? Not so much.
I've heard all the terms before, but it's so much easier to understand what you're actually looking at when you get to see it in real life! Thank you to you and your amazing wife for allowing us the opportunity!!
I've never had to give birth so I never knew this part was so big, I thought it was the size of the palm of a hand or something. Thank you to your wife for graciously donating this for us to study! Oh and, a question: Do you have to preserve this differently than a cadaver?
I, too never knew the placenta is this big,. No wonder the feeling that i got after the midwife removed the placenta in me after giving birth was so awesome. Like i literally said 'wow' ,😂😂
@@pula1649 Did you get to see the placenta you made? My sister never knew about the afterbirth part while pregnant with her first kid. Apparently she thought once her baby was out, that was it. She thought she was having twins. Her story was funnier than I can tell it of course 🤔😁
Omg! I’ve had four kids and never really knew what a placenta looked like. Please thank your wife (and daughter) for allowing you share theirs with us!! I’ve learned so much today!
This is something I’ve always wanted to understand. Seeing the placenta and hearing about the amnion and amniotic sac really made it clear. I never before could picture how the placenta didn’t encase the fetus. Thanks!
Thank you and your wife for this education. I remember cutting the umbilical cord for my youngest daughter (now 20). At that time the delivery of the placenta just appeared to be a mass of blood to me. My daughter was over getting her APGAR evaluated and the wonderful nurses cleaning her up to bring her to her mother. What a beautiful process this conception to delivery was. Thank you for teaching me so much more about what else my wife was going through after birth. A woman’s body is such a wonderful “machine” and you have given me yet another reason to give thanks to my wife for going through pregnancy. One thing she asked me for, and I was afraid of, and did not do, was to help “get the baby on the outside” by contributing sperm. I will forever be sorry that I refused this, thinking I would somehow hurt our baby.
What a treasure to have and preserve, could you imagine when your daughter was 21 showing people this was part of .y creation and her showing her own kids wow Thank you Big congratulations to you both Sending love ❤ Margaret from Australia XOXO
First, congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Second, I am in my 70’s and always thought the placenta was like a balloon. Wow, how amazing and intricate each part of the human anatomy our God designed. Third, thank you for all your videos….I e learned a lot o er the last few years. Always look forward to more.
With my third c section it felt relief when they took the placenta out. It’s hard to describe. I felt relief of this internal pain and pressure I was feeling for months.
I remember first seeing it in nursing school. We first saw it in the Anatomy lab. When we saw a fresh one during our L&D rotation I was mystified. The placenta is absolute machine. Your channel always makes me fondly remember Anatomy. It is also a great resource for quick refreshers.
That is the biggest placenta I have ever seen.... I am a student midwive in Jamaica... so I examine alot so I know. Thank you so much for this I really appreciate it
Congrats on the birth of your daughter! This was incredibly fascinating. I had a complete placental abruption at 33 weeks due to blood clots, which led to the stillbirth of my son and nearly took my life as well. It would be interesting to see a visual breakdown of that on here. I’ve taken in a lot of material in regards to abruptions, but the way you explain things is very engaging. I love to nerd out about this kind of thing as well, but nobody around me appreciates it lol.
I'm so sorry that happened to you; pregnancy and childbirth are literally the most difficult and dangerous things you can put a human body through, I have so much respect for any woman brave enough to go through it.
This is the coolest video ever!!! I imagine my father telling me "... so I kept your placenta to do videos for our TH-cam community, you can see it for yourself!" 😲😆😃😃😃
I am no doctor or student, just a female very interested is the whole process from conception until birth. It is amazing and truly a miracle as to what goes on in the female body during this whole process! I enjoyed this video so much and I am a mother and proud to call myself one. Thank you so much!
As someone who is choosing to stay childless, I have learned to put embryology/fetal development, and child-rearing into very distinct camps. The science of fetus development and birth is completely fascinating to me, and the placenta is truly an amazing if temporary organ. But for the same reasons, not an experience I want personally. 😅 I look forward to more material about embryology too. This kind of in-depth look on both areas with today's techniques would be world-changing if more people were simply aware of it (if it doesn't seem that way, take another glimpse at current events). Congrats on your baby and thank her and your wife for their contributions to IOHA science. 😄
Just wanted to give ya a quick heads up at 6:44 you may want to do some background blurring if you catch my drift. Don't want to see anything bad happen to the channel because of people who aren't comfortable with the human body on youtube. Keep doing what your doing, love your channel man!
@@eaterdrinker000 That's a huge credit to the camera work and talent of the host. He really has a way to teach you in a way that actually captivates your attention and teaches you information in such a way that we both almost missed it.
No need to apologize about anything. I was total fascinated with the video. I'm so glad you thought to do this, it was very educational. Also, please thank your wife for allowing her placenta to be used as a learning experience for all of her your followers. One last and most important thing, Congratulations on your baby girl!
I wish your channel had existed when I was taking health in high school! I always enjoy your videos, but this one is the most fascinating. Congratulations to your whole family!
Congratulations on having a daughter, brother. Love from India 🇮🇳 I'm currently 8 and a half month pregnant and this is so cool to watch. We'd definitely love future videos regarding foetus and changes in female body during pregnancy and everything. Just a curious question, this placenta inside is hard or smooth like you showed here?
Respect for thinking scientifically enough to ask the staff at the hospital to save the placenta for a scientifically educational video. August Krogh, one of the founding scientists of modern day physiology was so committed to his research that the morning of his wedding day he stopped by his lab to perform experiments. There seem to be similar sentiments here at Institute of Human Anatomy. This type of commitment to science is admirable.
I have had three children. Most of what you presented today has been totally unknown to me until today. Thank you so much for your teaching. I wish this were taught to students at a point in their education that would help them to understand what an absolutely fascinating and miraculous childbirth is. I can’t imagine anyone aborting a child if they truly understood what a miracle each child is.❤
I don't know why I thought the placenta would be a lot smaller, but I for sure didn't expect it to be the size of a face 😂 AND people have to birth THAT after a whole dang baby?? When you described it as "essentially a wound" I just went 😬🥴 Day by day I'm more certain that I don't ever want to have kids and much less be pregnant. Kudos to everyone who does, what an ordeal!
I didn’t have kids because pregnancy is gross and childbirth is disgusting. I still believe that, but now that I’m old, I’m sorry I didn’t pass on my excellent genes, and I wish I had adult children to bury me when I’m dead. So… I would advise you to reconsider.
So far the feeling is definitely strange I’m a new mom this is my first pregnancy I’m just barely outta my first trimester and I told my older sister Idk what I’m scared of more a C-section or a natural birth and she said there rly is no good way to get a baby out. So far besides the normal first time parent jitters I’m scared of the delivery part😂 there’s just so much no one tells u about
@@spiritmatter1553 I agree 100%. I'm 53 years old and didn't want children because I didn't want them to be unhappy. Now I wish that I had children. I would have been a good mother and I'm so curious now about what kind of humans my children would be, what kind of talents they would have, what kind of contributions they would make to the lives of others, and what kind of happiness they would be blessed with.
@@K8a21 for what it’s worth, I’ve had both (section and natural) and a natural birth (truly uninterrupted, zero intervention) is absolutely wonderful. It’s challenging but it’s so truly wonderful I can’t wait to do it again! 🫶🏻 May you have the birth you desire ❤
That was the coolest thing I have ever seen. Thank you and your wife for sharing such an intimate part of your life with us. I have never seen a video of a real like just came out of mom placenta !!! Truly amazing , biology is so profound. Thank you both for making great content and I hope for many many long years of great content. An awe struck subscriber 😎😎
As an 11th grade student from India, I understand the challenges of preparing for the NEET exam, the medical college entrance test here. I came across your beautiful video explaining the placenta, and it had a profound impact on me. Congratulations on the arrival of your baby girl 🎉👶; such a wonderful blessing inspires us all! May you embrace all the joy this special time brings 🌟❤.
It is so cool to see this placenta before the preservation. It really makes a difference in my learning experience. Thanks to all the efforts of you and to your amazing wife. Congratulations 💐on your new baby 😊
This is astonishing. Why did I want to tear up towards the end of the video??? You calling it an incredible organ and one of the most beautiful processes, brought back the fascination I have for anatomy and more importantly how incredible our own bodies are!
I also got teary after watching the video , all the moms are amazing and i also thought how the placenta looks like a lotus leaf i was thinking about that through out the whole video 😃
I didn’t know the placenta was so large. I’ve had four babies, I’m 80 years old and the beginning of life and how new life progresses is still so amazing and exciting to me. Thank your wife for her willingness to educate us. Congratulations on your beautiful child.
It's so cool to see! My first was c-section so I didn't get to see it and then my second child came prematurely and I also didn't get to see it but the nurse said it was very small. We let the placenta completely drain to the baby before hubby cut the cord tho :)
This was absolutely fascinating! I have had 4 children and never knew all this. It explains a lot of what you go through after childbirth. Thank you SO much!
Amazing. I asked to see my placentas after having my two boys. I wanted to donate their umbilical cords at the time for stem cell research at the time, 16 and 14 yrs ago, and mainly to help leukaemia patients, as my sister had the disease at 2 yrs old. But my hospital didn't do it any more. It was such a waste. Such an interesting and amazing organ.
Very much enjoyed. I have a picture of my daughter’s two very different looking placentas. I was fascinated and the doctor loved explaining so much! So incredible!
The placenta was so much more than what I thought it was. I’ve watched videos of animals giving birth before and seeing the placenta come out, but we never got much of a close view of it because sometimes the animals are off in the distance because they were wild animals. Just to be able to see it up close even though it’s on screen, it’s amazing. Thank you for sharing this with us. I don’t know if I’m making any sense but wow!
I have three kids and the biology behind pregnancy is just amazing! Everytime. Congratulations on your daughter's birth and thanks to you and your wife for providing the placenta for this amazing video!
I agree with you, My OB/GYN .. never discussed what I was going through during my entire pregnancies. I lost the second but never had an explanation. Never saw the placenta, all he said was “ here’s your baby, let me finish up here with the suchers. “ That’s all .. Thank you. :) Congratulations in your Beautiful Daughter. and Beautiful Wife 🌟🧡🌟
Congratulations on the safe arrival of your daughter & that your wife is generally fine. Wow just wow my twins were born by c-section. This is so informative. The fact that it’s bearing blood coveys what danger a mother is in ,if this wonder of nature detaches from the mother. A great video
Yes, seeing the maternal side of the placenta, you can clearly see how some women can bleed out very quickly if the body does not expel it properly and completely. This was absolutely fascinating.
Gosh now I know why I was soooo tired in the first trimester! I was an RN and had my 2 kids in the '79 and '82. Plus I had worked post natal care. But I never thought to ask to look at the placentas. Thanks for sharing the amazing organ that both you and your wife created. 👩❤👨 Good job!
Fascinating beyond words! Please don't apologize for showing the real Human anatomy. After more than 6 decades this is the 1st time I've seen an actual placenta and an explanation of how it works. Thank you!!!
And youtube age restricted it
Same here. Almost 70 and this is just fascinating!
@@Boxersteavee yt doesent like science. Just edicts.
Hicksy la
Completely agree!!
I wanted to mention something! It's not 'normal' to pull the placenta out of the mother. Sometimes it needs some time but at the end it's the healthiest way to give birth to your placenta on the same way as the mother did with the child. Nowadays we think it needs to be in a hurry because of to much blood lose but it can be really traumatic for a woman if you pull the placenta out. That beeing said, love your content, really great!!!!! ❤
Nobody with proper medical training will pull a placenta out. You massage the fundus (top) of the now empty uterus on the wall of the abdomen to encourage it to contract and expel the placenta - then it is examined to see that it is complete.
Yes! Normally it should be 'born' like the baby, sometimes it won't, because contractions stop or it's more 'stuck' than it needs to be. And they will pull gently on the umbilical cord. ( I had one that just came and one that had to be pulled a little) and he's right, 'uncomfortable' is an understatement...
In hospital there are a lot of unnecessary procedures done…. especially cause the medicals have „limited time“ or want to finish birth.
@Tala_Masca they were hurrying to take out my placenta the doctor had to pull on it
Unless it is an emergency C section.
I am a doctor
I did anatomy in 1968
I find the video educative and entertaining.
Doctors are true hero's. Tthank you 4 saving my life !!!!!
You're showing us your baby's placenta? That's so cool. Congratulations on the new baby and thanks to your wife for allowing us to see and learn from it.
Thank you!
Congrats on the new addition to the family! Right after my son was born, I got to nerd out with the obgyn who delivered him, and she was handling the placenta, showing it off, and I got to take pictures. I think that the amnion (the sac?) was still in place because she put her hands into it and spread it out, like a big ol' balloon. It was amazing to see. My wife, though, wouldn't let me keep it, take it home, wanted to bury it in the garden. Oh, well!
Agreed. THANKS to your wife.
He wanted to do a video on labor and delivery but his wife said no. Jk haha! 😜
@@jaworskirob Women have too much power. Burying it in the garden would have been the appropriate thing to do. Maybe plant a flower on top, or something. Haha
When my youngest son was born, we took the placenta home and planted it under the lemon tree. Thoroughly examined it first, of course.The body side looked like a moonscape, the baby side was really smooth. and yes, covered with a thin membrane which reminded me of the membrane I remove from liver, before it is cooked. The lemon tree did really well. My Dad always joked that when you would cut a lemon from the tree, it would cry like a baby!
This is a common practice from where I'm from (Nigeria, West Africa). My mom told me my placenta was buried under a young palm tree. I think it's amazing, especially as I've grown to have green fingers. 😅
Thank you for sharing your beautiful story.
That’s totally awesome!!!
I like how you say you "planted" your son's placenta under the lemon tree. That's an amazing perception as it does indeed nourish the lemon tree and become a part of it and "grow".
That's totally amazing 😍 plantedcenta. Thank you for sharing your story 💛
retired RN here! I have seen many placentas in OB studies, but never quite as well explained! Thanks so much and hugs to your wife and baby! I had 5 myself and it is indeed a fantastic process. Congratulations on your addition to the family! My oldest is approaching 60!!
I also didn't realize how huge the placenta is. I couldn't help but think how much extra work it takes for the mom to make all of this! It's making a whole other organ to help the growth of a baby. That's insane 😳
Well said point!
The size of the placenta is mainly determined by its gas exchange function. You have a liquid to liquid gas exchange. It depends mainly on the concentration gradient across the gas transfer membranes. The concentration of gases dissolved in liquids is not very high. And the transport mechanisms are different. The CO2 is mainly dissolved in the bload plasma. The oxygen is chemically bond to haemoglobine. The oxygen transfer is more critical than the CO2-transfer. The water content of the bload plasma can be transported directly through the membranes. For the oxygen you need to have a lot of exchange area, more than you have in your lungs.
Women are incredible 😊what our bodies can do is wonderous.
And you have to birth the placenta too right after you birth the baby! Riiight when you think you’re done they have you push some more to birth that big thing lol it was awful birthing it with both of my kids!
An organ and a whole baby with all organs present 😆
Imagine having a man so in touch with himself that’s he’s able to do this, not even that, came up with the idea. I applaud you for being a great educator and a great husband!
It’s heart warming
@@janetmaina9903 Agreed. Bravo!
Congratulations to you and your wife for the baby. And a lot of respect and thank to your wife .
I couldn't have said it any better. 👍🏻 huge thanks to Justin's wife.
A huge thank you to your wonderful wife for allowing us to learn (and see) how amazing an actual placenta is. I’ve always admired people who donate their bodies to science (after their passing) but this is just so fascinating because this organ belongs to a (still) living person. And it has such a greater meaning when you think this has been the place your little daughter was nurtured into life. Words cannot express my appreciation for both you and your wife and this channel. Thank you, thank you. Congrats on the birth of your beautiful daughter.🥰
@Louis Avina whats your point? The comment was beautifully thought out and written from the heart. Who cares if the placenta is thrown away or not, who cares if anyone knows its thrown away or not ... can we not just enjoy the beautiful and eloquent comment.
@Louis Avina I think they use it, or parts of it in some countries. It actually costs a lot of money, but i'm not sure you're allowed to sell it, because it's an organ. I have to check that. Most definitely it shouldn't be thrown away.
@Louis Avina
Not true‼️
Placenta (although not all of it), is use in the medical and cosmetics industries and it's expensive.
As a former labor and delivery nurse I’ve seen hundreds of placentas. Truly amazing, like lungs, kidneys and a liver all in one plus some! I also teach childbirth classes and of course the placenta is discussed. It’s so important to know how the baby is nourished during pregnancy.
Thank you for your Service to the pregnancy of the Mother & Dad . You’re an extra special person🌟🧡
Ah-bloomin-mazing!!! When my daughter was born 25 years ago, I asked the surgeon if I could examine my placenta. He was very surprised but delighted to show me!
I got preeclampsia twice during 2 different pregnancies. I donated my placenta. Hopefully they learn more about the pregnancy disease that I had and what they find can help others in the future.
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Same (first time during, second time postpartum), but I don't know what happened with either of my placentas. I never realized the placenta has the potential to be studied for the causes of preeclampsia.
I had preeclampsia! I hope mine was studied.
I was in a Toronto study for preeclampsia. They took my placenta for research too, with my permission..my obgyn gave me a tour of the placenta postpartum before it was shipped off…fascinating organ.
I did too. Both pregnancies. My placentas were very calcified and a lot smaller , one at 28 weeks one at 32.
I have always been in awe of the placenta. Being a science nerd, I surprised the MD in my delivery room when I asked to see and touch and examine the placenta after my daughter was born. The MD was so excited to show me the blood vessels and explain how everything worked. It was amazing. My daughters father left the room, green in the face. Lol
I asked to see mine too. My OB was also very excited to have a nerdy science discussion about it.
For all the fellas: 🤢
It's just the reality a man has during that time, that the Almighty Creator has made things magnificent. Until that moment, most of us men think too highly of ourselves.
It's kinda like pain so bad it brings on vomiting feeling
@@lowlightevangelist9431 For all the god believers……study science. Study evolution by natural selection. You’ll see how the placenta evolved naturally. Still believe your god did it? Prove it. But first, prove your god even exists. I know, I know, you have to have faith.
Lol I just imagine them handing you your baby and you going no give me the placenta the baby can wait
@@loriw2661 John 12:48 (KJV) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Jesus Christ
I've had 5 babies and I'm pregnant now. I asked twice to see my placentas. My last pregnancy was twins. Again, I was SO excited to see my placentas. I made this request in advance so that I and they could prepare in whatever ways were required. They told me that they'd be happy to show me. On delivery day the doctors told me I couldn't see them unless I was taking them home and had an appropriate container to do so. 😔 I was so disappointed. After discussing them in advance they abruptly tell me this nonsense. It's quite amazing that you were about to ask right there in the delivery room and not only see it but get to remove it from the hospital. I literally only asked to see it. I find it quite an amazing organ and it came *from me!*
I grew it/them over almost a year's time but now you tell me I can't see them - you have to get them into the trash as quickly as possible. 😞
this is one of the most graphic and so realistic...I really wanted to see this ..thanks a lot man for creating this video... and ofcourse..congratulations on the new member to the family ..she will proud to have such an awesome father 🙂
Thank you!!!
I can imagine 2 different scenarios. 1. "Eww Dad.......I don't want to see that again! That's so gross!" and/or 2. "Hey Johnny....wanna see what my blood from a capillary looks like? Arteries are cooler but it's unsafe to show blood from those. One day I'm going to be a surgeon just to touch the organs Daddy talks about on TH-cam! LOOK! THERE'S MY OLD PLACENTA! SEE!?!? It's in my Daddy's lab!"
@@TisOnlyAScratch its not the baby's placenta.... Its the wife's placenta... Her organ.
@@fundamentalscience56 how so?
@@fundamentalscience56 it’s a shared organ
I had no idea the placenta was so big! Such a fascinating video. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!
Thank you!!
Poor woman
Once it comes out, it leave a wound that is a size of a dinner plate, hence, among many other reasons, weeks long postpartum bleeding
@@marieb9961 why poor? She didn't have to pay in kidneys or money to have the child. She is rich. Life is beautiful. If u dont have a child or u can't have one u r the poor one really. Ur blood line ends with u. No one to continue ur legacy.. U r forgotten in the sands of time.
That woman is settled for life now. If this guy divorces she will get free money for the rest of her life just bcz she had a baby by the virtue of her biology🤣
There's different sizes. It can go from cantaloupe size to average watermelon.
As a pregnant woman, I appreciate this, and how respectful you are towards the process of bringing up a baby. Thanks for this lesson to you, and your wife. ❤
I think you're the only father who would be excited to show off and play with your wife's and childs placenta. This is really neat thanks for showing this to us and educating us more about the placenta! Just had my first sonogram today and found out I am 9 weeks 6 days pregnant so if you do end up doing the series I would love to know more! Congratulations to you and your wife and glad y'all had a safe delivery ❤
Please do the series on pregnancy/labor. I’m currently 13 weeks pregnant, and found this so so interesting! Would love to see the rest of the videos you make on the subject!
I would love to see this too!
Yes!!!! I’m 13 weeks right lol I’d love more info there’s just so much stuff they don’t ever tell us it’s mainly all about heart burn and morning sickness
As a female and Mother. I really enjoyed seeing this. Visual information has so much more impact than a drawing. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy that new little bundle. 😊
Thank you to your wife for sharing something so personal and educating people about the placenta - an organ so many never get to see even when it's their own. Congratulations to you both too 👍
My background is Surgical Tech, and wanted to ask you about the separation of the placenta from mom's tissue, what makes this happen and how. It's so amazing how our body works
I have wondered this too - It is amazing how fast it happens
I have the same question; I had a complication with my second child where my placenta did not separate quick enough and it had to be manually removed. I've wondered what may have contributed to that.
It comes down to a lack of blood returning to the placenta. It starts a cascade of physiological events, which leads to both the maternal arteries to reduce blood flow, and the placenta starts to detach.
The placenta also naturally starts to break down, which is why 41 - 42 weeks gestation is seen as the maximum safe length for a fetus to grow.
Im a surgical tech in L&D... My dream career!!!🙌
When I was pregnant with my twins, we had to get them delivered at 36 weeks because of placenta privia....not sure what that means. They were fine! They have grown into amazing young men. Fraternal twins.
When my granddaughter was born I asked if I could observe her placenta. They let me look at it several hours. So fascinating and such a privilege. The human body is such a miracle!
Thank you for sharing this.
Your dedication to teaching us about the human body and its processes is admirable. It’s actually kinda funny in a sweet way how you kept us in mind when handling all the business with your daughter’s arrival. Tell your wife and new daughter that we are very thankful for the placenta you used to teach us!!! All the props!
Congratulations to you and your wife. Welcom to your daughter.
I'm happy to see videos about the placenta and also I'm glad to know you will make future videos about embryology and developement. These are topics not easy to learn when you just read books, like anatomy. Seeing is important. I remember having difficulties to understand what a cotyledon is. Seeing it really helps.
Glad it was helpful!
The Placenta is Gods gift of life. I’m amazed we as humans haven’t done more medical research on this miraculous life giving life sustaining organ. There’s so much more life the placenta can give to humanity. It’s so clear!
Agree! But I’m not amazed at the lack of research, misogyny.
This was a very personal experience. You recognised the outstanding chance to provide a thoughtful and upfront explanation of how things work. I just wanted to say thank you for this.
I had all 3 of my kids at home with a midwife. The first time I saw a placenta was after my first son was born. It’s an amazing contraption. I was an EMT at the time so very interested in all of it. 😄👍 Thank your wife for allowing you to share. She’s awesome!
It’s so cool to me that someone could think a woman’s placenta is fascinating. I’m so accustomed to the cultural perspective of such things as being dirty or gross.
Thank you for your dedication (in sharing this great knowledge) and selflessness in sharing the placenta from your own kid 😊
I cannot even begin to imagine, how proud your daughter would be to watch this video to learn about Placenta! After I delivered my baby I wanted to see the placenta, but the med staff didn't want to risk my wellbeing, since I m from non med bg. But thanks to yt and people like u who give us an insight into the marvellous imagination of our Creator! It was very informative! Thanks
This is awesome! I have twins who shared a placenta so I can see how little room there must have been for them. They were born at 32 weeks but are amazingly healthy and intelligent almost 12 year olds
Wow! Twins and triplets blow my mind!
I'm one third of a triplet born in 2000! Two boys and one girl (me) heterozygotes! Such a rare thing!
I'm from Germany and absolutely love this channel! 😍
Next year I'm starting to study midwifery, so this video/content is so so much appreciated 😍
Congratulations to you and your family ✨
Viel Glück! 😊
Thank you so much! I'm a nursing student specializing in Labor and Delivery. Anything regarding pregnancy, birth, ovulation, menstruation, and so on is incredibly helpful! Also shout out to the Mrs. for providing a beautiful specimen! Wishing you a quick recovery and a full night of sleep!
I also love the placenta! I've popped out 4, two are buried in the garden as I had homebirths. Nurses , midwives, are very good at checking the health of the placenta. I'm in awe of mine, they functioned well even though I had 42+ week pregnancies. Never a 'ragged' placenta or membrane. How amazing! When you tell your kids they actually formed the placenta, not the mother, they're stunned.
I'm glad you had great midwives who checked you! I had a crappy one who didn't want to know me after it became clear I was having a more difficult pregnancy and neither did she pass me to someone else when asked. She just basically stopped being available. When I delivered (troublesome birth as well where my premature daughter nearly died), the student midwife noted that mine was missing chunks and was shut down by her. Ended with almost half my placenta in bits being left inside me and the beginnings of sepsis before a nurse friend decided she was done with maternity not wanting to know and hauling me into emergency herself and self checking me in! It makes a huge difference when you have a healthy placenta. My daughter practically stopped growing almost 6 weeks before birth. It was only passing her the absolute minimum to survive. Me turning up to hospital and not leaving til I got checked saved her
>I've popped out 4, two are buried in the garden as I had homebirths.
That's horrible. Why did you contine with the homebirths after the first died?!
@@MrCmon113 pretty sure the placentas are in the garden since they were born at home...
@@locapeliroja i think what they meant is that the main comment made it seem like she had 4 kids and 2 died during home births
I have given birth 3 times and never had the chance to "nerd out" over the placenta. Fascinating! Congratulations to you and your partner on the new addition! I wanted to examine the placenta after the births but tbh, I don't really remember much of the process of the afterbirth. I remember the nurses massaging my abdomen and telling me to push but I was so wrapped up in my new baby I didn't really pay attention. Thank you for this.
I am now a nursing student (48 years old) and I look forward to seeing this in my career.
This is such a cool video! Your wife sounds a cool person, letting you do something really instrucional with such a delicate and personal experience she had to go through. All for the sake of learning!
I kinda like her 😏
@@theanatomylab 😂
I worked in a hospital laboratory for 20 years. Part of my duties included disposing of surgical specimens monthly from the morgue. Although I have had literally 1000 placentas in my hands, I have learned so much from your video. The practice during my time, the containers used to store the placentas after the pathologist finished his analysis, would have to be emptied each month and all those containers and lids would have to be hand washed and ready to use again. That was the fun part.... This is one of my all time favorite channels. Thanks for sharing with us. Congratulations with your new baby and please thank your wife for allowing us to learn from this miracle. Praying all of God's wonderful blessings for your family.
Great video and explanation, I was with my daughter as she delivered her babies and once the placenta was delivered I felt compelled to take photos. That was nearly 30 years ago and now I have a better understanding of that compulsion I had, the placenta was a vital part of my grandchildren's lives
Wow you showed such a personal item for this show and tell 🤣. Only an anatomy nerd would be so excited about the placenta!
😊
🤣🤣🥼best show and tell ever!
wow this is so fascinating. Not every day you get to see such a fresh biological sample of something like this. Never really knew what the placenta looked like before this
The other side of that coin is when you actually see that thing come out... 💀
I have to look away
Same, I thought it was just a bag of some sort
I'm currently pregnant and it's so fascinating to see what's inside me haha. I hope you make other videos you said about pregnancy really soon!
Congratulations.. By now
I'd REALLY like to see a video that discusses uterine anomalies, with some focus on a septate uterus. My husband and I had 4 miscarriages, and I was misdiagnosed as having a bicornuate uterus. I ended up finding a great doctor who specialized in uterine abnormalities. He was able to very easily scope me during my 4th D & C, which confirmed his suspicions of my having a septum. Fifth surgery was successful in removing as much of the septum as possible. I'm told that while I'm going to be high risk due to my history, that I am capable of carrying a healthy baby to term. I cannot convey through words what it would mean to me to see this topic covered..even if it's just a small portion of one of your future videos on feminine reproduction. I'm so scared to even try for another pregnancy. Y'all explain things so thoroughly and with such passion, enthusiasm, and genuine care for the study of medicine. If it doesn't happen, or it's not a topic you guys want to cover, no hard feelings. I'll still watch and support the channel, just as I always have. But please consider it. Thanks for everything y'all do, and for keeping this channel so interesting, educational, and informative.
P.S. CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE FOR WELCOMING A HEALTHY BABY INTO THIS WORLD AND INTO YOUR LIVES!!!
That sounds like a really tough thing to go through. If/when you choose to try again I truly wish the best for you and your family 😊🙂
@@hurricane7800 Its been pretty tough on us both. Thank you for your kind words!! 🙏
I wish you would be blessed with your own baby
@@hafizatulsufiahyaacob5186 Thank you for that 🙏🙏 I do too!!
Fingers crossed that you conceive and carry a baby to term! Hugs to you 🤗
This is really cool. I got to see mine before they took it off to pathology (I had a really rare complication relating to the placenta) without me even asking. It's bigger and beefier in real life. It's absolutely amazing that our bodies can produce life in this manner.
Wow!
Same! My midwife just held it up and was like “here’s that little pocket!” I was so locked into my new baby and missed what she was explaining, wish I knew what it was now lol
How were you able to see your own placenta? Ur mom kept it and showed you...?
@@curiodyssey3867 She meant hers as in the placenta that was in her womb when she was pregnant and attached to her baby!
@@claireashley427 wait so you mean to tell me she had a placenta as a baby and was already pregnant?
Absolutely fascinating! I have had two children and I never realized that the placenta was so large or so complex. Thank you for this amazing video. And a HUGE congratulations on the birth of your daughter!!
Ive just started my midwifery post grad, as a registered nurse in Ireland I am required to undertake another course to work in L&D, and we literally covered the placenta yesterday. This is fantastically timed. And I cannot wait for the rest of these videos you have planned!
Great for you ! May you deliver many health and strong little ones! Live long and prosper, y’all in Ireland 🇮🇪!
My husband is a doctor and when I gave birth to my daughter, he had my placenta taken home and shown it to his class for educational research!
Fun fact: after having a corneal ulcer years ago, my opthalmologist had me wear a "contact lens" over the affected eye that was made from placenta, which apparently have healing properties
That's so cool! I hope you healed perfectly.
Yes, other countries use placenta or some type of medically processed placenta for all sorts of medical issues, from liver disease to wound healing.
Thanks for sharing. 💜
@@GreenTea3699 thanks, it worked like a charm!
a movie came out this year about how that idea was thought up, it’s so good! it’s called sight, highly recommend!
The human body is truly amazing. I was a theatre nurse for 30years so was lucky enough to see and learn a lot about anatomy. However, most of the organs i did see were diseased or damaged to some extent. Im retired now but still enjoying learning more from watching your videos. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter x
Wow!!! Amazing! I’m a mother and I’m in awe the functionality of placenta. This is anatomy 101 for me. Rewatching this video 4x already. Thanks for the added “ key concept”. Really helps to understand better.
I had the furtune to be in the delivery room with my wife and got to know up close the placenta. What a wonderful sight! This amazing tissue that makes life possible. It's always discarded as waste and never gets the praise it deserves.
...and congrats on your daughter 🎉!
I did SO MUCH research on pregnancy and childbirth when I was in my kid-having phase of life, and have never seen so much info about the placenta. This is wonderful! I'm looking forward to seeing future videos on this topic!
Wow. What a FANTASTIC video. I have one son born when i was 40 and I tried for a long time to get pregnant. I was in awe of what my body did to create my little human. I had NO idea of the intricacies of it all. How anyone can deny a Creator is beyond me.
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter and thank your wife for sharing her placenta for the enlightenment of those of us who gave birth to three children and never saw one placenta!!!
I never saw mine but I only had 1 kid
As a mother of two children that was completely awesome! And congratulations to you and your wife on your bundle of joy!
First off, CONGRATULATIONS to you and your wife! Secondly, a big thank you to your wife for graciously sharing one of a woman’s most intimate aspects in human anatomy. And to you, for illustrating and teaching about the miracle of life.
After watching this video, I better understand the problem I experienced during pregnancy. I wasn’t producing enough progesterone, and although my doctor prescribed progesterone supplements, I miscarried at 16 weeks. The fetus was expelled (vaginally) by an ER nurse and cradled in the palm of her hand. I was beside myself with shock and horror especially since two weeks prior, I’d been given an ultrasound and everything appeared fine. Then, about a half hour after, I experienced the worst pain I had ever experienced this far. A pain so severe that I would’ve taken anything someone gave me just to quell the pain. If I’m not mistaken, the placenta was partially detached-or hadn’t detached at all. The excruciating pain came and went in waves, and I felt a gush of blood seep out with each contraction. How cruel it was to be giving birth, enduring the pains of labor-for nothing. Nothing to hold, nothing to love.
After it was over and I underwent a D & C, I was placed in a recovery room-alone. No reinforcements were offered to help me cope with my loss. In fact, no hospital staff entered my room at all except to serve discharge papers. Of course, this has nothing to do with anatomy, but I do hope that as our knowledge expands on the science (of conception through birth), the narrative will change in regard to the manner in which the concept of miscarriage is dealt with. It’s still a dirty word…taboo. It’s bad enough people won’t discuss it, but it’s equally frustrating that there’s hardly any literature on the topic. Books prepare you for what to expect when you’re expecting, but to prepare you for what to expect when you’re NOT expecting it?
Not so much.
I've heard all the terms before, but it's so much easier to understand what you're actually looking at when you get to see it in real life! Thank you to you and your amazing wife for allowing us the opportunity!!
I've never had to give birth so I never knew this part was so big, I thought it was the size of the palm of a hand or something. Thank you to your wife for graciously donating this for us to study!
Oh and, a question: Do you have to preserve this differently than a cadaver?
It's the size of the uterus, or at least that side of the uterus at birth, which really is huge lol
I, too never knew the placenta is this big,. No wonder the feeling that i got after the midwife removed the placenta in me after giving birth was so awesome. Like i literally said 'wow' ,😂😂
@@pula1649 Did you get to see the placenta you made? My sister never knew about the afterbirth part while pregnant with her first kid. Apparently she thought once her baby was out, that was it. She thought she was having twins. Her story was funnier than I can tell it of course 🤔😁
@@pmbluemoon i’ve heard lots of stories like this 😆
@@ltlove63 I'm surprised it's not part of the whole "you should know this" part of the learning process when you find out you're pregnant 📚 lol
Omg! I’ve had four kids and never really knew what a placenta looked like. Please thank your wife (and daughter) for allowing you share theirs with us!! I’ve learned so much today!
This is something I’ve always wanted to understand. Seeing the placenta and hearing about the amnion and amniotic sac really made it clear. I never before could picture how the placenta didn’t encase the fetus. Thanks!
Thank you and your wife for this education. I remember cutting the umbilical cord for my youngest daughter (now 20). At that time the delivery of the placenta just appeared to be a mass of blood to me. My daughter was over getting her APGAR evaluated and the wonderful nurses cleaning her up to bring her to her mother. What a beautiful process this conception to delivery was. Thank you for teaching me so much more about what else my wife was going through after birth. A woman’s body is such a wonderful “machine” and you have given me yet another reason to give thanks to my wife for going through pregnancy. One thing she asked me for, and I was afraid of, and did not do, was to help “get the baby on the outside” by contributing sperm. I will forever be sorry that I refused this, thinking I would somehow hurt our baby.
I’m uncertain about the dorm contribution . Would you please be ever so kind and explain this to me , please? Thank you:) 🌟🧡🌟
What a treasure to have and preserve, could you imagine when your daughter was 21 showing people this was part of .y creation and her showing her own kids wow Thank you Big congratulations to you both Sending love ❤ Margaret from Australia XOXO
Congrats on fatherhood and to your wife! This video was so cool. I remember being shown my firstborns placenta and thinking how ENORMOUS it was!
First, congratulations on the birth of your daughter.
Second, I am in my 70’s and always thought the placenta was like a balloon. Wow, how amazing and intricate each part of the human anatomy our God designed.
Third, thank you for all your videos….I e learned a lot o er the last few years. Always look forward to more.
Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl, now 2 years old! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
With my third c section it felt relief when they took the placenta out. It’s hard to describe. I felt relief of this internal pain and pressure I was feeling for months.
I remember first seeing it in nursing school. We first saw it in the Anatomy lab. When we saw a fresh one during our L&D rotation I was mystified. The placenta is absolute machine. Your channel always makes me fondly remember Anatomy. It is also a great resource for quick refreshers.
That is the biggest placenta I have ever seen.... I am a student midwive in Jamaica... so I examine alot so I know. Thank you so much for this I really appreciate it
Congrats on the birth of your daughter!
This was incredibly fascinating. I had a complete placental abruption at 33 weeks due to blood clots, which led to the stillbirth of my son and nearly took my life as well.
It would be interesting to see a visual breakdown of that on here. I’ve taken in a lot of material in regards to abruptions, but the way you explain things is very engaging.
I love to nerd out about this kind of thing as well, but nobody around me appreciates it lol.
I'm sorry that happened to you. glad you can make the most of it
@@beaub152 thank you so much.
I'm so sorry that happened to you; pregnancy and childbirth are literally the most difficult and dangerous things you can put a human body through, I have so much respect for any woman brave enough to go through it.
I lost my first pregnancy to cervical incompetency and I just read constantly about it. I guess there's comfort in it when you don't have your baby...
This is the coolest video ever!!! I imagine my father telling me "... so I kept your placenta to do videos for our TH-cam community, you can see it for yourself!" 😲😆😃😃😃
"Remember this?"
Lol. Exactly my thoughts...
I am no doctor or student, just a female very interested is the whole process from conception until birth. It is amazing and truly a miracle as to what goes on in the female body during this whole process! I enjoyed this video so much and I am a mother and proud to call myself one. Thank you so much!
As someone who is choosing to stay childless, I have learned to put embryology/fetal development, and child-rearing into very distinct camps. The science of fetus development and birth is completely fascinating to me, and the placenta is truly an amazing if temporary organ. But for the same reasons, not an experience I want personally. 😅 I look forward to more material about embryology too. This kind of in-depth look on both areas with today's techniques would be world-changing if more people were simply aware of it (if it doesn't seem that way, take another glimpse at current events). Congrats on your baby and thank her and your wife for their contributions to IOHA science. 😄
Completely understandable!!
Whatever🙄
Amen!
@@DMV8662 im staying childless and becoming an anesthesiologist
@@DMV8662 and by the way, if you can’t stand it anymore, you should sit down.
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Age restricted??? Bruh... youtube has no respect for educational content...
Just wanted to give ya a quick heads up at 6:44 you may want to do some background blurring if you catch my drift. Don't want to see anything bad happen to the channel because of people who aren't comfortable with the human body on youtube. Keep doing what your doing, love your channel man!
@@may0naise18 : Good point. I hadn't even noticed, and I'm patting myself on the back for that.
@@eaterdrinker000 That's a huge credit to the camera work and talent of the host. He really has a way to teach you in a way that actually captivates your attention and teaches you information in such a way that we both almost missed it.
Please excuse my ignorance, but is the baby inside the placenta? And are these two sides you show the inside and the outside?
No need to apologize about anything. I was total fascinated with the video. I'm so glad you thought to do this, it was very educational. Also, please thank your wife for allowing her placenta to be used as a learning experience for all of her your followers. One last and most important thing, Congratulations on your baby girl!
Damn! He had a daughter just so he can get a placenta and teach us about it. That's dedication 👏🔥
I wish your channel had existed when I was taking health in high school! I always enjoy your videos, but this one is the most fascinating. Congratulations to your whole family!
RN for 14 years. Best explanation I have ever heard about the placenta. Very educational.👏👏👏👏
Congratulations on having a daughter, brother. Love from India 🇮🇳 I'm currently 8 and a half month pregnant and this is so cool to watch. We'd definitely love future videos regarding foetus and changes in female body during pregnancy and everything. Just a curious question, this placenta inside is hard or smooth like you showed here?
Also, Massive congratulations on the safe arrival of your daughter and I hope your wife's recovery is smooth.
Awwww......Congratulations Justin! Thanks for using you daughter's placenta to teach us, very courageous and we are so grateful 😭😭💕💕💕💕
I’m 34 weeks with my first, so this is very timely! Congratulations to you and your family!
Congrats!!
Truth
Respect for thinking scientifically enough to ask the staff at the hospital to save the placenta for a scientifically educational video. August Krogh, one of the founding scientists of modern day physiology was so committed to his research that the morning of his wedding day he stopped by his lab to perform experiments. There seem to be similar sentiments here at Institute of Human Anatomy. This type of commitment to science is admirable.
I have had three children. Most of what you presented today has been totally unknown to me until today. Thank you so much for your teaching. I wish this were taught to students at a point in their education that would help them to understand what an absolutely fascinating and miraculous childbirth is. I can’t imagine anyone aborting a child if they truly understood what a miracle each child is.❤
I don't know why I thought the placenta would be a lot smaller, but I for sure didn't expect it to be the size of a face 😂 AND people have to birth THAT after a whole dang baby?? When you described it as "essentially a wound" I just went 😬🥴 Day by day I'm more certain that I don't ever want to have kids and much less be pregnant. Kudos to everyone who does, what an ordeal!
I didn’t have kids because pregnancy is gross and childbirth is disgusting. I still believe that, but now that I’m old, I’m sorry I didn’t pass on my excellent genes, and I wish I had adult children to bury me when I’m dead. So… I would advise you to reconsider.
So far the feeling is definitely strange I’m a new mom this is my first pregnancy I’m just barely outta my first trimester and I told my older sister Idk what I’m scared of more a C-section or a natural birth and she said there rly is no good way to get a baby out. So far besides the normal first time parent jitters I’m scared of the delivery part😂 there’s just so much no one tells u about
@@spiritmatter1553 I agree 100%. I'm 53 years old and didn't want children because I didn't want them to be unhappy. Now I wish that I had children. I would have been a good mother and I'm so curious now about what kind of humans my children would be, what kind of talents they would have, what kind of contributions they would make to the lives of others, and what kind of happiness they would be blessed with.
@@K8a21 I would love to read about your experience after you give birth!
@@K8a21 for what it’s worth, I’ve had both (section and natural) and a natural birth (truly uninterrupted, zero intervention) is absolutely wonderful.
It’s challenging but it’s so truly wonderful I can’t wait to do it again! 🫶🏻
May you have the birth you desire ❤
That was the coolest thing I have ever seen. Thank you and your wife for sharing such an intimate part of your life with us. I have never seen a video of a real like just came out of mom placenta !!! Truly amazing , biology is so profound. Thank you both for making great content and I hope for many many long years of great content. An awe struck subscriber 😎😎
As an 11th grade student from India, I understand the challenges of preparing for the NEET exam, the medical college entrance test here. I came across your beautiful video explaining the placenta, and it had a profound impact on me. Congratulations on the arrival of your baby girl 🎉👶; such a wonderful blessing inspires us all! May you embrace all the joy this special time brings 🌟❤.
It is so cool to see this placenta before the preservation. It really makes a difference in my learning experience. Thanks to all the efforts of you and to your amazing wife. Congratulations 💐on your new baby 😊
This is astonishing. Why did I want to tear up towards the end of the video??? You calling it an incredible organ and one of the most beautiful processes, brought back the fascination I have for anatomy and more importantly how incredible our own bodies are!
I also got teary after watching the video , all the moms are amazing and i also thought how the placenta looks like a lotus leaf i was thinking about that through out the whole video 😃
I didn’t know the placenta was so large. I’ve had four babies, I’m 80 years old and the beginning of life and how new life progresses is still so amazing and exciting to me. Thank your wife for her willingness to educate us. Congratulations on your beautiful
child.
It's so cool to see! My first was c-section so I didn't get to see it and then my second child came prematurely and I also didn't get to see it but the nurse said it was very small. We let the placenta completely drain to the baby before hubby cut the cord tho :)
This was absolutely fascinating! I have had 4 children and never knew all this. It explains a lot of what you go through after childbirth. Thank you SO much!
Amazing. I asked to see my placentas after having my two boys. I wanted to donate their umbilical cords at the time for stem cell research at the time, 16 and 14 yrs ago, and mainly to help leukaemia patients, as my sister had the disease at 2 yrs old. But my hospital didn't do it any more. It was such a waste. Such an interesting and amazing organ.
Very much enjoyed. I have a picture of my daughter’s two very different looking placentas. I was fascinated and the doctor loved explaining so much! So incredible!
Congratulations to you & your wife on the birth of your daughter! And thank you for this very informative video!
Our pleasure!
So excited for you and your wife, congratulations on the birth of your daughter. I'm glad everything went well!
The placenta was so much more than what I thought it was. I’ve watched videos of animals giving birth before and seeing the placenta come out, but we never got much of a close view of it because sometimes the animals are off in the distance because they were wild animals. Just to be able to see it up close even though it’s on screen, it’s amazing. Thank you for sharing this with us. I don’t know if I’m making any sense but wow!
I have three kids and the biology behind pregnancy is just amazing! Everytime.
Congratulations on your daughter's birth and thanks to you and your wife for providing the placenta for this amazing video!
I agree with you, My OB/GYN .. never discussed what I was going through during my entire pregnancies. I lost the second but never had an explanation. Never saw the placenta, all he said was “ here’s your baby, let me finish up here with the suchers. “
That’s all .. Thank you. :) Congratulations in your Beautiful Daughter. and Beautiful Wife 🌟🧡🌟
Congratulations on the safe arrival of your daughter & that your wife is generally fine. Wow just wow my twins were born by c-section. This is so informative. The fact that it’s bearing blood coveys what danger a mother is in ,if this wonder of nature detaches from the mother. A great video
Yes, seeing the maternal side of the placenta, you can clearly see how some women can bleed out very quickly if the body does not expel it properly and completely.
This was absolutely fascinating.
Amazing ! I’ve had two babies! I had no ideal how big the Placenta was .
My kids are grown men now .
It’s just amazing .
Gosh now I know why I was soooo tired in the first trimester! I was an RN and had my 2 kids in the '79 and '82. Plus I had worked post natal care. But I never thought to ask to look at the placentas. Thanks for sharing the amazing organ that both you and your wife created. 👩❤👨 Good job!