Mrs Moc,

Thank you for taking the time to keep us up to date.

Many many congratulations on the birth of your little girl. I'm so glad she didn't need to spend any time in the care unit and that you didn't need a blood transfusion or worse.

I hope you are enjoying being at home. Hope your other children like their new little sister and that your DH is looking after you well.

I'm just so pleased that you've made it through this, you have had a really really tough time.

Congrats Hydrangea and well done, im sure your just relieved to have it all over and have your healthy little girl. I know I am lol.

I had my little girl on Tuesday afternoon at 2.35. Weighing 7lb and although I only made it to 36 weeks she didnt need to go to a care unit.

I took another bleed on Monday night and spent the night in Delivery suite refusing to go to theatre because I was convinced the bleeding would eventually ease off as it usually did.

Finally around 11am it slowed to a trickle and arrangements were made for me to go to A ward again. At 11.30 I went for a shower and passed 2 large clots, which would be bigger than my hands, then blood gushed everywhere and I completely freaked out. I initially thought it was the placenta.

It was a very scary experience and I knew I had run out of time. I was taken to theatre and before I knew it, it was all finally over.

My blood is low but thankfully I didnt need the blood transfusion or a hysterectomy. I feel I have been very lucky. My main concern all along was keeping the baby out of the care units and its great that she is here with me in the ward.

Im going home tomorrow, which im still struggling to believe. The doctor asked me this morning did I want to go home tomorrow and I could only nod through the tears.

Its been a very hard time over the last 3 months and certainly enought to put me off pregnancy for life.

Im so glad things worked out well for you as well. Im also struggling with after pains from the CS. Breastfeeding is causing havoc with my uterus but the immense joy this nightmare is finally over is helping me deal with the aftermath.

Glad to know you are well Mrs Moc. Well done on getting to 35 + 5 and the weight of the baby seems quite good.

Well, I went in to be induced and the consultant on duty had a look at my notes and said she wasn't sure that the baby looked growth restricted so she'd do another scan. She also wanted to do a transvaginal scan to check the placenta. She said she didn't believe they could properly place a posterior placenta on a transabdominal scan.

Well, the placenta hadn't moved. It was 16mm from the os and too dangerous to risk a vaginal birth. The baby was also growth restricted. So I was told they would operate that day.

I have my third little girl. She weighed 7lb 1oz.

The ceasarean was better than expected, although I was very emotional and upset about having to have it. I'm struggling with the pain and not being able to do everything I normally would do. The post natal hormones don't help with that either. But at least I can focus on life now rather than my placenta.

Hope you get to 38 weeks Mrs Moc, sounds like it's going to be a big baby!

Hi Everyone

Sorry I havent been on, internet problems, and a dodgy usb port, which is now fixed.

Im still here in hospital and im now 35 + 5 which is amazing in itself. My last bleed was on Thursday night ( 3 nights ago ), I woke up in the usual pool of blood which thankfully has slightly lost its shock factor but still brings all the fear of an em. CS.

Congrats Hydrangea on getting to 38 weeks.

I have a date of the 16th July to aim for a planned CS. The doctors laugh at this though, as I refused to take a date before this.

Im so determined to get to 38 weeks and not need a special cot for the baby.

Im not sure how much longer I can avoid delivery, baby s now weighing in at 6lb 11oz.

Hope it doesn't look like I'm stealing this thread. Just want to keep it up to hopefully hear some news from Mrs Moc.

I had my 38 week scan on Tuesday (23rd). God had answered my prayers and the placenta has moved. In fact it had moved loads so that the sonographer just wrote "no longer low" rather than recording the measurement. I was just hoping for more than 3cm!

However, the consultant wasn't happy with the baby's growth and pointed out that the tummy is heading towards the 10th centile when 6 weeks ago it was on the 50th.
So I'm being induced tomorrow (26th). It was rather a lot to take in on Tuesday! I will be 38/39 weeks. I've never been induced before and have heard it can be long and painful so I'm not looking forward to it. But, I know it is the right thing for the baby.

Hope you're ok Mrs Moc.

Still lurking and worried too... Hope all is well with things at home too.

xxx

MrsMoc

It's been over a week - are you ok?

Dear MrsMoc,

Sorry to hear you are bleeding again.

Posterior placentas, from what I have read, seem to be easier to do a c/s with, but not as good for vaginal delivery. As with an anterior one the head squashes the placenta against the public bone and so stops the bleeding. Whereas with a posterior one everything back there is soft. Which is why the distance only has to be 2cm min for anterior but 3cm min for posterior. Does this match up with your knowledge?

I am hoping the consultant will let me try a vaginal delivery if I make it to 3cm, but I have heard from some it has to be 5cm.

Dear forevermore,

The only information I have from the 20 week scan was that it was covering. When I got home I looked on the internet which said placentas that cover completely hardly every move so I phoned my midwife and asked why I was not told this. She said if that had been the case I would have been put under consultant care straight away. So my guess is that it was overlapping, but not central. I have no idea how much it was overlapping by.

Hi

Thats great news Hydrangea, I hope it moves a bit more and you manage a normal delivery. It sounds a possibility. Well done!!

I had a CS with my first almost 15 years ago and it was scary then, its not the worst experience but im sooo squeamish.

The posterior placenta is situated better than anterior. This is because the posterior lies towards the back and there is less chance of developing placenta accreta, a condition where the placenta can grow into the bladder or an old CS scar. There is also less chance of bleeding with posterior and less chance of it rupturing during the CS.

Anterior placentas are also known to bleed more.

Mine is neither lol. My placenta is evenly placed over the cervix and is attached to the front and rear of the uterus, which is why there is seperation and quite a bit of bleeding.

I've got this information from a mixture of my consultant and other patients so I cant confirm how accurate it is, but my consultant did say its better its not more anterior.

Hope this helps.

BTW, sitting now with a small bleed, feel a little gutted as I have not had any blood in a week.

Does anyone know what is the significance of posterior versus anterior previa?