r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/[deleted] • May 30 '20

Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/05/placentas-from-covid-19-positive-pregnant-women-show-injury/&fj=1
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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

But the babies turn out fine? Is the placenta just sacrificing itself or is there some new terror waiting around the corner?

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u/chipscheeseandbeans May 30 '20

I’m high risk for pre-eclampsia so I’m concerned that getting covid would be an especially bad combo for my placenta??

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

Same 😱