Placentation is a setting up of the territorial boundary between two genetically different individuals – the mother and her baby, who carries genes f… - Annettee Nakimuli

I felt like we were accomplices in this war of sorts. People say we do not remember the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. I did not want to accept that it was beyond hope.’

It’s been called the ‘silent killer’ because many women cannot feel the danger sign that their blood pressure is rising until it’s too late. Even when it is detected the only course of action is constant monitoring, and ultimately the only cure is delivery – sometimes at too early a stage for the baby to survive,’

The placenta must invade the mother enough to access nourishment for the growing baby, yet not so much as to penetrate through the uterus