People Are Just Realising This (Pretty Wild) Fact About Dads And Placentas

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/67c976841600001800c51d36.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Dads have a big role to play as far as the placenta is concerned." data-caption="Dads have a big role to play as far as the placenta is concerned." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Deon Black on Unsplash" />Dads have a big role to play as far as the placenta is concerned.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><em><strong>Graphic content: this article includes a photo of a placenta after birth. </strong></em></p><p>It all began when model and actress Sophie Sumner <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sophiesumner8/video/7469930800348269867?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shared a TikTok video</a> in which she spoke about her friend who’s pregnant.</p><p>“She was telling me that the placenta – which gives nutrients to the baby, it is like core to growing a baby – is 98% the man,” said the model in disbelief.</p><p>“I’ve asked a few men and they had no idea about this,” she added. </p><p>“But I think men should know about this because it means before a woman gets pregnant, the guy needs to go on a real health kick...”</p><p>Her video, which had almost 3 million views at the time of writing, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGqsiuOt9VD/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">was later remixed by NHS surgeon Dr Karan Rajan</a>, who confirmed that “there is one very important aspect of baby-making that is mostly the father’s responsibility: the placenta”.</p><p>The doctor said the placenta’s growth is “mostly influenced by the father’s genes” and described pregnancy as “a massive internal land grab”.</p><p>He concluded the video: “Despite