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Low lying placenta

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ggglimpopo · 31/05/2004 10:15

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Cavy · 31/05/2004 20:27

Sorry to hear that, Nina. I had low-lying placenta diagnosed at 20 week scan and then it did move up out of the way by 34 weeks, but I never had bleeding. They told me if I had any bleeding at all to go to hospital, were you told that? Maybe you could phone NHS-Direct? Although I don't know what they can do so early for you. At least this reply will bump this up to the top if anybody else can help.

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cuppy · 31/05/2004 20:39

I'm the same as Cavy.... it had moved by 34 weeks. I remember being told to contact hopspital if I had any bleeding too. Maybe you could call them to check it out?

Hope your ok.

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sponge · 01/06/2004 17:43

I had exactly the same as you. Bleeding at 8 weeks, low lying placenta shown up on the 20 week scan, more bleeding at about 24 weeks due to small tear. Don't know if it's moved up yet - I have to wait for the 34 week scan for that, so fingers crossed.
I was told to go in and be checked if there was any bleeding, just to make sure nothing more serious is going on but if the bleeding is light you don't need to rush to the doctor . Apparently a but of bleeding is very common with a low lying placenta.
If you have booked in with the hospital already I would call your midwife and go to your ante natal unit rather than your doctor as they have much more idea what's going on and have all the right equipment to check you out properly.
Try not to worry about it though. It doesn't sound serious.

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aloha · 01/06/2004 18:32

Hate to disagree with anyone but placenta praevia grade 4 is serious. I had it. And at Kings I was told it was extremely unlikely that a grade 4 placenta praevia would 'move' enough for it not to be an issue at term - I was diagnosed at 14 weeks if I remember correctly.
Most placenta praevias aren't a problem at term because they are much higher up to start with - ie Placenta Praevia grade 1 means just that some of the placenta is in the lower segment of the uterus, and that is a very different thing to the placenta lying directly over the os. The baby will be fine at this stage because it is your blood - not from the baby. Have you been told to stay as inactive as possible? ie no brisk walks, no exercise, and no penetrative sex? Sex is a no-no with pp - esp grade 4 and does cause bleeding. I was lucky, apart from bleeding after sex in the early days, I didn't have a 'proper' bleed until 30 weeks. I had a normal, very healthy pregnancy but was in hospital from 32 weeks until nearly 38 weeks when my son was born in a relatively uncomplicated c-section under spinal block.
For you it is early days, but you should get to talk to a consultant about the position of your placenta, your bleeding episodes and get some advice. As I said, my advice was that the placenta was very likely to remain low-lying (and it never moved off the os in my case) but you may be told something different.

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aloha · 01/06/2004 19:11

BTW I was completely fine and so was my very healthy 8lb8oz ds. And I was very healthy in pregnancy and worked (very long hours) right up to 30 weeks.

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ggglimpopo · 01/06/2004 20:30

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aloha · 01/06/2004 22:53

I hope it is all fine for you. I can see why you find it hard to take it easy, but do try. Like you I had the worst kind of PP and did have to spend a few weeks in hospital, but it was a good pregnancy in every other way and I felt safe at Kings. I could have had my ds at the Portland or another posh private hospital as my insurance covered PP, but I wanted to be somewhere really safe and it all went very well in the end. A bit nerve-racking at times but worth it.

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smileawhile · 01/09/2004 22:55

I would like to agree that this is a serious condition and should not be treated lightly. I would also like to make people aware of the link between low-lying placenta and vasa praevia - not placenta praevia. This is where the vessels from the placenta lie across the membranes over the cervix. These can rupture during labour and cause rapid bleeding and loss of the baby if not diagnosed early.

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