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Maternity '64
Doctors. midwives, and mothers describe modern maternity care, including the development of the foetus and the experience of childbirth
1: Life Before Birth
It normally takes 266 days for a baby to develop from a single cell to a human being of over two hundred million cells. What is the sequence of events, and what role does the placenta play?
Speakers:
A medical embryologist
A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology
An expectant mother
Broadcast on February 9 in the Third Network

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