Foods that can be eaten include: meat, hard cheese, tofu, eggs, butter and vegetables with no starch. Some foods that are NOT allowed include: cereal, pasta, milk, breads and other sugars. If you are scheduled in the late afternoon and can eat breakfast before the scan, it must be a low carbohydrate diet as well.
The placenta (also known as afterbirth) is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, thermo-regulation, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply; fight against internal infection; and produce hormones to support pregnancy.
Primary Reproductive Organs (gonads). The primary reproductive organs are the organs responsible for. 1  producing the egg and sperm cells (gametes), 2  producing hormones that function in the maturation of the reproductive system. 3  the development of sexual characteristics. 4  regulating the normal physiology of the reproductive system.