The thousand and one hidden facets of the "Mother's Cake," revealed with precision and curiosity: here is the complete guide to this magical organ, the baby's forgotten "twin" and witness to the invisible work of mothers...

Fascinating in more ways than one, the placenta is respected and venerated in many countries: its role is essential at every stage of gestation and childbirth, and therefore in the perpetuation of the human species on Earth. But above all, in-depth knowledge of the placenta lie multiple answers to the challenges of the postnatal period, in its physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.