Pregnant ladies, what do you know about donating your placenta for stem cell research and technology?

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I’m not pregnant, nor have I ever been, but most of the women that I know that have had babies recently have opted to donate their placenta. There never seemed to be any to-do about it, so I’m guessing that’s all there is to it.

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