title: Feeding Your Baby In Utero: How the Uteroplacental Circulation Impacts Pregnancy.
abstract: The utero-placental circulation links the maternal and fetal circulations during pregnancy, ensuring adequate gas and nutrient exchange, and consequently fetal growth. However, our understanding of this circulatory system remains incomplete. Here, we discuss how the utero-placental circulation is established, how it changes dynamically during pregnancy, and how this may impact on pregnancy success, highlighting how we may address knowledge gaps through advances in imaging and computational modeling approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and j.james@auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Joanna L
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3757-4177
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: James
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and.
authors.forename: Lawrence W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chamley
authors.affiliation: Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Alys R
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5908-2862
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D021041:Placental Circulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology