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placenta praevia

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MayBlossomEmpressofSpring

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring Report 27 May 2010 15:49

Has anyone had experience of this, either personal or professionaly. My young next door neighbour has been for a scan today and is upset tobe told this, baby is fine and due early October. I would like to be able to reasure he, she has no Mum to talk to, any advice would be welcome.

TeresaW

TeresaW Report 27 May 2010 15:53

Just point her to this site, it's got all the information she needs.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/complications/placentapraevia/


It does look like she'll need a cesarian at the time of birth though, but these days it's routine surgery. My sister had a ceasarian section though for other reasons, and she was fine after, with only a bikini scar which barely shows.

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring Report 27 May 2010 15:58

Thank you Teresa, She is not on line so I will take a look and relay anything possitive to her,

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring Report 27 May 2010 16:22

That is a very interesting site, very informative, nothing like that 50years ago when I was pregnant and the midwife had a trumpet like instrument to listen to baby's heartbeat. Modern technology certainly is wonderful.
Thank you again Teresa.

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 27 May 2010 16:23

My almost 22 year old niece was pp... she was born by Ceasarean, as mentioned, but other than that all was fine... she also weighed in at 9lb 7ozs... and is now small and dainty....

Mum will be monitored closely... but that is ok.. and will need to look out for bleeds... they will have to be reported straight away, and she will be taken in until that has sorted. But sister had one heavy bleed early on, and then fine for rest of her pregnancy. In fact she was cow chewing cud sort of fine... and she is usually flitting around as busy as a bee, lol

Good luck, to the young mum to be

Love

Daff xxx

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 27 May 2010 16:50

I was diagnosed with pp during first pregnancy after a scan, but as the pregnancy progressed the placenta was 'taken up' by the growing uterus (not sure if that is the right term) and I went on to have a normal delivery.
Good luck to the mum-to-be

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 27 May 2010 18:15

Seeing as she has another 4 1/2 months to go, the placenta could easily "move" away from her cervix. I'm sure they will be giving her an ultrasound at every visit to check.

I had this and so did a friend and it resolved itself.

Rose

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 27 May 2010 19:54

I would agree that the placenta can move from the diagnosed position as the pregnancy progresses, so that a normal delivery could be possible, as October is quite a way off still.

This is what happened with my 3rd child, who was safely delivered near her due date.

Gwyn

TaniaNZ

TaniaNZ Report 27 May 2010 20:53

May tell your neighbour to imagine her placenta is a dot drawn on a ballooon,as you inflate the ballooon the dot moves and so most likely will her placenta.
This is a common finding at this stage of her pregnancy
They will scan her later in the pregnancy to see that this movement has occurred,
meanwhile any vaginal bleeding should be reported to her midwife (as with any pregnancy)