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• The placenta, often called afterbirth, is no afterthought she says, but a real tool for future health care.
• The placenta is also called the afterbirth; however, birthing the placenta is an important part of the process of birth.
• The placenta (sometimes called afterbirth) connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall and supplies the fetus with oxygen and food.
• The "afterbirth" goes in the "garbage can" anyway and it is full of usable stem cells!