What is an anterior placenta as Molly-Mae Hague tells fans she has one

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Earlier this week Molly-Mae Hague opened up about her pregnancy as she shared some images from a scan to Instagram. Writing on the clip Molly, 23, says "hello little girly" and points out the "little nose and mouth", before discussing her pregnancy and revealing that at times she’s unable to feel her baby move.

Showing some pictures of the scan, the fashion mogul wrote: "So I actually have an anterior placenta. I have been getting quite disheartened at how little I've been able to feel her move... "Especially when I can feel her and Tommy can't when he touches my belly.

So it's really reassuring to know it's because my placenta is literally a huge sponge between me and baby that's absorbing all her movement and preventing me from really feeling it." The placenta is an organ that begins developing when the fertilised egg attaches to the uterine wall and is only present during pregnancy.Those with an anterior placenta have one that appears at the front of the placenta and it is not normally a cause for concern.

However, it may make it more difficult for a woman to feel foetal movements or for a doctor to find the foetus' heartbeat. People who are expecting can begin to feel their baby kick as early as 18 weeks and as late as 24 weeks.