Placental Problems

The placenta is the only organ that belongs to two people at once. It is the bridge between you and the life growing within you — the supply line that transports nutrients, delivers oxygen, and carries away waste products. When this organ fails to function properly — when it detaches too early, sits too low, receives insufficient blood flow, or is structurally altered — mother and child are placed in a medically serious situation.

And yet a second look is worthwhile. Because the placenta is more than a biological filter. It is the physical image of a relationship — the first, deepest, most immediate relationship that exists: the connection between a woman and the being she carries within her. When this connection is disturbed at the physical level, a question arises that reaches beyond blood flow and tissue layers.

What if the placenta is showing what remains unresolved in this connection?