While there is nothing to worry about right now, it does not now mean one should not me mindful of the future possible issues. It does not mean one is freaking out but it means that one is a realist.
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Right.. and accreta was mentioned upthread. As the most recent poster (with a very positive post) it felt a bit like it was directed at me (even if it was more general, since mom-to-milo did not quote anyone) so sure, I felt a tad defensive, even if it was needlessly. So how I stand is basically: OP has anterior placenta. Risk of accreta is increased. OP has been informed of said risk. That is good. She indicated being stressed out by her situation. Â the precise location of the placenta cannot be determined without an ultrasound, and OP presumably won't get one before 20 weeks, and being consumed with worry over something that is unknown (and still relatively rare) would be an unpleasant way to spend the next several weeks. So I don't feel bad about "patting her on the back" and posting something upbeat and hopeful! I'm far from an expert on accreta and don't have anything to add to the thread specifically related to that. But I don't see the harm in posting encouragement.
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Why in the world would I come to the internet for a diagnosis? I just wanted personal stories of women who had experienced it themselves and ideas on how to help baby get into a good position. I just had an ultrasound done and the placenta is plenty far up away from my scar. In the future though, I've learned if I truly want to stay positive, I'll have to post somewhere like Birth Without Fear.
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I have had two babies with anterior placentas. Both lead me to posterior babies with me laboring on hands and knees. Both were birth with no drugs naturally. My first one was delivered on my side, and my second was delivered standing up leaning on the bed :) It is very much a variation of normal and you can have a beautiful birth mama.
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I wanted to add that with the first I never felt him kick around much. With the second I felt him more but not as much as my other babies.
I, too, have an anterior placenta and though I felt a very faint every once in a while (maybe once every three or four days) movement when I was about 16 weeks or so, I am just now, at 27 1/2 weeks feeling things on the daily. I don't feel her constantly, but I feel every once in awhile, especially around mid-morning and late at night. My Dr told me early on to not feel discouraged if I wasn't feeling her a lot, because all babies are different, and even though I couldn't feel her for quite a long time, every time we have seen her on the ultrasound she has been moving up a storm. She has some extra padding to kick against, that's all!
I was about to say. If your midwife is not worried, then the placenta is probably up far enough that is not going to be anywhere near your scar. Your incision is REALLY low down. I have an anterior placenta, as well and am planning a VBAC in October. The doctor is not concerned, neither is my doula (she is also a midwife) as it is not low lying. Hope that helps! :) Yeah, I need to stop researching things too, I'm freaking myself out. DS was posterior and ended in a c-section. I'm 31 weeks now and this little girl is breech. I've been doing everything I can think of to get her to turn, but regardless, it will be okay, as long as she and I are healthy.
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Why in the world would I come to the internet for a diagnosis? I just wanted personal stories of women who had experienced it themselves and ideas on how to help baby get into a good position. I just had an ultrasound done and the placenta is plenty far up away from my scar. In the future though, I've learned if I truly want to stay positive, I'll have to post somewhere like Birth Without Fear.
I don't know a thing about the scar issue, but I had an anterior placenta with DD, and have one again with this baby. My midwife suggested that I not spend a lot of time in reclining positions, to choose forward leaning positions. I tried to spend some time on hands and knees toward the end. I'd kneel behind the yoga ball and prop my arms chin on it to watch TV. I actually did a good, thorough job washing the kitchen floor. Imagine the baby chilling out in a  little hammock... that's what your stomach & the placenta become when you're in a forward leaning position. If the baby is in the habit of going into that position, it's more likely to wriggle into it while you're in labour. At least it's something to try... anyway, I didn't have back labour.
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This is interesting info... just curious as to where you obtained your professional degree in obstectrics... given that you are providing promises of "valid answers" regarding "clinical assessments of [someone's] particular situation"... ? Care to share your qualifications? Or perhaps a credible link to a source on the web that might confirm your assertions? Â I find it difficult to see what you are saying as anything other than scare tactics without some sort of credible evidence to back up what you are saying here... especially given that this woman's care provider has not indicated any concerns. I'm all for hearing all the facts (in fact, I LOVE research), but just because some random poster on the web (especially one with only 7 MDC posts who is obviously not a long time member of the MDC community) says it's a fact doesn't mean it's so...
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I believe the rest of the posters are just sharing their personal and anecdotal experience with their own pregnancies, which is what the OP asked for... yes?
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I had an anterior placenta with my first. He wasn't posterior during pregnancy at any of my MW appointments. I did do almost all of my laboring on my hands and knees (for 12 plus hours). I think this might have been my body's instinctive kind of way to help him rotate and descend in the most favorable positions. I didn't have any back pain or anything in labor so I think it must have helped. i know that my midwives started telling me that the placenta was anterior at about 17 weeks, maybe 16 weeks. but all things considered it wasn't a problem and I didn't really do anything special to share.
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I had an anterior placenta with my second, and I felt movement with her at about the same time I did with my first, which was around 14-15 weeks. I think with my first it was 14 and my second it was 15. Also, she (the one who did have an anterior placenta) was not posterior, even though my first, who did not have an anterior placenta, was posterior. So I have no idea how if that anterior placenta = posterior baby thing is true enough to really be a general thing, but I wouldn't personally worry about it. It seems random to me.
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