"Doubtful" placenta and membranes?

[tudorqueenie]

I had an ELCS and my discharge paper says "placenta: doubtful" and "membranes: doubtful". What does this mean?

Kinda curious myself. In pieces maybe?

Maybe! But I wonder why. I mean I did lose 40% if my blood volume but I'm not sure how these things are connected

I reckon typo for “double” myself

Are you still under the care of the midwife? If so please ask and come back and tell us. Hope you're ok now, sounds rough.

I used to work filing midwifery notes and they would either have membranes / placenta: complete, or membranes / placenta: doubtful written on. Never quite sure what that meant though!

I had Placenta: ragged next to mine, as they didn't come out whole. Have never seen doubtful though.

@gamerchick

Are you still under the care of the midwife? If so please ask and come back and tell us. Hope you're ok now, sounds rough.

Tomorrow will be our last midwife visit - I will make sure to ask and get back to you all!

Update - apparently it was a typo because it doesnt usually happen during c sections, but it means "in Pieces"