With induction rates running at around 40% in some hospitals, chances are that as you reach the end of your pregnancy you’ll be offered an induction for one reason or another.
During your pregnancy you will be offered at least two ultrasound scans, and possibly more. This article and the article in the second trimester section explain ....
The second routine scan that you will be offered is around 18-21 weeks of pregnancy and this is commonly called the anomaly scan. It doesn’t really sound particularly comforting!
The word placenta comes from a Latin and Greek word meaning type of cake, the placenta cake was not a placenta cake at all, it was a flat cake made up ....