Placenta Hormones to help in the birth of the fetus

Placental hormones are natural.  If a mother learns natural birth education from before conception, from conception to the natural delivery of her child, and the today's smart mom's are returning to the pioneer's primal birth, useing warm water tubs, and not drugs, she would have a healthier baby and a happier child birth experience.  Here are some natural hormones that the body produces for natural birth without being a victim from being actively managed by doctors, midwives, and so forth.

Full Information at:   http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/placenta.html

Endothelial growth factor: stimulates proliferation of the trophoblast

Estrogens and progesterone: by end of first trimester, placenta produces enough to maintain the pregnancy and corpus luteum is no longer needed

Human chorionic adrenocorticotropin (hACTH): small amounts produced, functions similar to ACTH

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG): synthesis begins before implantation; hCG maintains maternal corpus luteum that secretes progesterone and estrogens; basis for early pregnancy tests; levels peak at 8 weeks; resembles LH

Human chorionic thyrotropin (hCT): small amounts produced, functions similar to TSH

Human placental growth hormone; differs from pituitary growth hormone by 13 amino acids; regulates maternal blood glucose levels so that the fetus has adequate nutrient supply

Human placental lactogen (hPL): similar to growth hormone; influences growth, maternal mammary duct proliferation, and lipid and carbohydrate metabolism

Insulin-like growth factors: stimulate proliferation and differentiation of cytotrophoblast

Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP):  alkaline phosphatase normally produced by syncytiotrophoblast and primordial germ cells; also produced in seminoma, intratubular germ cell neoplasia, rarely in other non-germ cell tumors; may be involved in migration of primordial germ cells in developing fetus

Relaxin :  produced by decidua; softens the cervix and pelvic ligaments in preparation for childbirth

SP1:  pregnancy specific beta-1 glycoprotein; present in syncytiotrophoblast and extravillous trophoblast; not in cytotrophoblast

If a mother uses drugs, illegal or prescribed, and/or during labor by active management she may damage the baby's placenta:   http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PLACHTML/PLAC015.htmlm

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A Petition to Protect Babies and Mothers, Too can be found at:

www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/102580814

a medical web site is available at:   www.cordclamping.com

The Merck Manual, a more current edition is available on the Internet. Try any topic:

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/searchresults.jsp

Please feel free to scroll down the Table of Contents at the home page:   www.lotusbirth.com

References of some of research can be found at:

www.lotusbirth.com/doc/FEB2003Lotusbirth-110.htm

Contact, Donna, a Mother and Grandmother, at:   dyoung@pris.ca

Originally Posted: April 4, 2004