Complete Placenta Prevaria at 5 months?

[NotQuiteCockney]

Does this mean that the woman (not me!) will have placenta prevaria at term?

(I got diagnosed with low placenta, but was told it would move. It did.)

I was told I had stage 4 placenta previa at 20 weeks. They said it may move but now at 35 weeks it is still in the same place

i think, from the research i've done of late due to my own low placenta at 20 weeks, that it makes it a lot more likely , but not certain. if it's not covering the cervical os at 20 weeks it's a lot more likely to 'move' if you see what i mean.. hth

if grade 4..they don;t often move as magnolia says....if they cover the internal cervical os..then a vaginal birth is impossible.....

someone did a great analogy about this..will see if i can find the thread....

previa type 1 & 2- vaginal delivery still possible.esp if type 1 .but blood loss is going to occur....more so with type 2, where the placenta is partially located in the lower uterine segment, near the internal os.

previa type 3 can;t deliver vaginally as placenta in front of the foetus. Bleeding can also occur & be severe when the cervix begins to dilate and efface.

prevai type 4 - located centrally over internal cervical os and massive haemmorhage is likely...vaginal delivery cannot be considered.

so it does depend on the severity of the previa.....does your friend know what type she has...

have a look here!

Ok, thanks guys. I just wanted to know - I hadn't realised it made so much of a difference, how low it was at 20 weeks!