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My homebirth ob doesn't seem to be worried. I am wondering what are the odds that this will really move on it's own . The thought of a csection when I have had 6 vaginal drug free births scares me .
Complete previa at 17 weeks
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They noticed mine at 20 weeks. Then, they checked it every 4 weeks after that. I think it moved a total of a couple of inches (maybe) and they were still hopeful it would continue to move when I had an abruption at 31 weeks (not try to scare you, just telling you what happened). My doctor said that it is very common to have placenta previa around 20 weeks; most women's end up moving. Just be safe and let them keep an eye on it!
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I had previa at 20 weeks and the doctor was concerned enough to tell me not to have sex. She checked it again sometime after 30 weeks and it had moved. I was so freaked out until then, but it's so, so rare for it not to move.
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Looked up this statistic for an acquaintance: only 10% of placenta previa at 20 weeks is still in place at term.
Hope that eases your mind.
Hope that eases your mind.
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Thanks!
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28 weeks is NOTHING.
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Mine didn't move until week 34, and I went on to have a beautiful home birth 3 weeks later. I was diagnosed with it at week 18, went back for another ultrasound at week 28, fully expecting it to have migrated, as according to the odds - and was DEVASTATED when it hadn't budged. Do you know the exact position? Is it marginal or centered, if it's marginal, is it anterior? Helpful stuff to know.
The best news is that the uterus grows the MOST in the last trimester. And the odds really are dramatically on your side. There IS an acupuncture technique (it's kind of obscure, but it does exist; I was able to find a practitioner with about 3 phone calls) if you're really concerned, as I was. Also, VISUALIZATION.
I kind of have issues with diagnosing previas so early when they are so likely to move. It cast a HUGE shadow over my whole pregnancy, what with the pelvic rest and the forbidding of exercise, not to mention the fear and even grief (at the possibility of having to give up not only home birth, but vaginal birth period). but I digress . . . Don't let it ruin your pregnancy! Overwhelming chances are you'll be just fine.
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Originally Posted by Lisoula  It's totally possible for it to move. You have plenty of time...I've seen them resolve as late as 28 weeks. Good luck. |
The best news is that the uterus grows the MOST in the last trimester. And the odds really are dramatically on your side. There IS an acupuncture technique (it's kind of obscure, but it does exist; I was able to find a practitioner with about 3 phone calls) if you're really concerned, as I was. Also, VISUALIZATION.
I kind of have issues with diagnosing previas so early when they are so likely to move. It cast a HUGE shadow over my whole pregnancy, what with the pelvic rest and the forbidding of exercise, not to mention the fear and even grief (at the possibility of having to give up not only home birth, but vaginal birth period). but I digress . . . Don't let it ruin your pregnancy! Overwhelming chances are you'll be just fine.
As others have said it will more than likely grow away from your cervical opening and you'll be able to have a vaginal birth.
I had placenta previa, then marginal previa and finally at 37 weeks was cleared to have a vaginal delivery.
What I wish someone had told me when I came to MDC with questions about previa was to ask the doc to check the umbilical cord placental insertion site (not the fetal insertion site at the belly button but where the cord inserts into the placenta) for velamentous cord insertion and also check for vasa previa.
Placenta previa/low lying raises the risk for vasa previa (where the umbilical cord inserts into the amniotic sac before going into the placenta and the vessels cross over the cervix- when the bag of waters break the umbilical cord tears and it is almost always fatal if not diagnosed).
I had velamentous cord insertion and vasa previa. My son lived for 12 hours after his birth because he lost most of his blood in just a few heart beats and we couldn't deliver him fast enough when we realized there was a problem. I pushed him out in less than 8 minutes but it wasn't quick enough.
Both of these conditions are easy to spot on ultrasound if they are looked for. Do a quick search on google to better understand the condition and then ask your doc to double check and make sure all is clear.
They are rare but they do happen. I don't mean to alarm you - I'm just passing along information that I wished someone would have passed along to me this time last year. I'd never heard the words "vasa previa" or "velamentous" until after my son died.
If I had been properly diagnosed I would have had a c-section. It is the only safe way to deliver vasa previa. I would have been upset over losing my vaginal delivery but I would trade having surgery to have my son alive today in a millisecond.
Best wishes!
I had placenta previa, then marginal previa and finally at 37 weeks was cleared to have a vaginal delivery.
What I wish someone had told me when I came to MDC with questions about previa was to ask the doc to check the umbilical cord placental insertion site (not the fetal insertion site at the belly button but where the cord inserts into the placenta) for velamentous cord insertion and also check for vasa previa.
Placenta previa/low lying raises the risk for vasa previa (where the umbilical cord inserts into the amniotic sac before going into the placenta and the vessels cross over the cervix- when the bag of waters break the umbilical cord tears and it is almost always fatal if not diagnosed).
I had velamentous cord insertion and vasa previa. My son lived for 12 hours after his birth because he lost most of his blood in just a few heart beats and we couldn't deliver him fast enough when we realized there was a problem. I pushed him out in less than 8 minutes but it wasn't quick enough.
Both of these conditions are easy to spot on ultrasound if they are looked for. Do a quick search on google to better understand the condition and then ask your doc to double check and make sure all is clear.
They are rare but they do happen. I don't mean to alarm you - I'm just passing along information that I wished someone would have passed along to me this time last year. I'd never heard the words "vasa previa" or "velamentous" until after my son died.
If I had been properly diagnosed I would have had a c-section. It is the only safe way to deliver vasa previa. I would have been upset over losing my vaginal delivery but I would trade having surgery to have my son alive today in a millisecond.
Best wishes!
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yep, don't worry. I had it at 20 weeks and I freaked out. At 33 weeks it was fine!
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