Placenta previa occurs when the placenta covers the opening of the cervix during the last months of pregnancy. This condition can cause severe bleeding before or during labor. The placenta develops in ...

When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...

You may experience bleeding or contractions. Some women aren’t even aware they have placenta previa until it’s detected on an ultrasound. However, a significant number endure painless bleeding, and ...

The placenta nourishes and protects your baby throughout pregnancy, filtering out what she doesn’t need and delivering the oxygen and nutrients she does. Most of the time, it attaches to the upper ...

Placenta previa occurs when the placenta sits low in the uterus and covers all or part of the cervix. This may block the baby's path for a normal birth and often requires a planned caesarean section.

“It didn’t hit me that this could potentially be problematic,” Courtney Nowak, of Staten Island, NY remembers thinking. She had just had a routine sonogram at 13 weeks and her doctor had drawn her a ...

Between April 2000 and February 2009, there were 4,987,245 singleton delivery episodes in 146 English NHS trusts. It was necessary to exclude 76 NHS trusts due to incomplete parity information. This ...

The pathway by which alcohol predisposes to placental abruption is not fully understood, but can be postulated on the basis of what we know about the effects of alcohol on placentation and placental ...

In normal pregnancies, the placenta moves away from the cervix. A low-lying placenta especially during the third trimester can indicate a serious medical situation. Placenta is a protective sac-like ...