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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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Women diagnosed with placenta previa early in their pregnancy should be careful that the discovery doesn’t steal the joy they have for the upcoming birth of their child. Placenta previa is a condition ...

Is anterior placentation a risk for cesarean section (CS)-related morbidity in placenta previa? Young et al. 1 showed increased surgery-related morbidity in anterior placentation in this condition.

Among women in England, cesarean section in the first delivery increased the risk of placenta previa in the subsequent delivery by 60%. There was no evidence that the effect of CS on placenta previa ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with more severe endometriosis had higher placenta previa incidence vs. women with less severe disease.

Jenny Mollen and Jason Biggs open up about Mollen's second pregnancy, including her placenta previa and deciding on a name Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

DURING the first quarter of this century, placenta previa was attended by a 10 per cent maternal mortality and a fetal mortality that varied from 40 to 70 per cent. In cases of total placenta previa ...