nine-month-phone-call.md

title	Pregnancy: A nine month phone call

Have a go at colouring these pages while you learn more about the placenta and how it connects the mum and baby through our video and colouring papers. The activity is suitable for younger children who already know where babies come from, but doesn’t require any detailed biological knowledge.

Description

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> The placenta is a very important organ, yet often overlooked. At the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, we do research on the biology and the function of the placenta. We also conduct large population studies which aim at identifying key features that could predict problems in pregnancy. Our ultimate goal is to find better ways of helping mums to stay healthy during pregnancy and to give birth to healthy babies.

Video

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Have a go at colouring these pages while you learn more about the placenta and how it acts like a phone - passing messages between the mum and baby.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/00FTCadQey4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Colouring papers {#colouring}

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• Placenta
• Baby
• Placenta and baby
• Mum and baby
  
  
  

We would love to hear from you

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Please give us some feedback through a short survey. This will help us to develop our event further.

Useful links

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• Source code - this event is an open source project.
• Previous event - The Science Festival 2020 from us.
  
  
  

Acknowledgement

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• This project was initially funded by Public Engagment Starter Fund in 2019, University of Cambridge