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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After the second month of pregnancy, estriol levels steadily increase as the placenta takes over estrogen production. 344.
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If there's any chance it is placenta praevia, it could detach and cause a haemorrhage.
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In the case of estriol, the placenta utilizes a dehydroepiandrosterone precursor made in the adrenal glands of the fetus.
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It causes many complications, including small placenta size, stillbirth and low birthweight.
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Second, the story is a reminder that caffeine, like alcohol, freely crosses the placenta .
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The birth is recorded in an odd shot of the nurse gleefully holding aloft the bloody placenta .
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The latter looks like a placenta and has the same consistency, too.
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These chemicals were getting through the placenta and reaching foetuses in the womb and the eggs of birds and fish.