Anteria placenta

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I've just had 28 week midwife appointment and she has only just told me I have an Anteria placenta and although she told me that its normal and it's nothing to worry about I'd still like to hear from other people who have had it and if that he had any problens later in pregnancy closer to labour etc

I have an anterior placenta and am currently 36 weeks. It causes absolutely no issues whatsoever other than you may not feel a lot of movement from baby until it's bigger.

Up until now, I've only felt movement in my lower abdomen and ribs. Now that it's bigger, it's moving is more noticeable.

Having an anterior placenta shouldn't cause any issues on the run up to or during labour. It's simply just a medical term for saying your placenta lies to the front of your bump.

Generally the only difference is that because it's on the front of your uterus it can affect how much you feel the baby move in the early stages, and you're past that now. Mine is also anterior, but at 33 weeks he's moving strongly enough I can feel kicks through the placenta, not just around it.

There are no problems with an anterior placenta other than it sometimes taking longer to feel the first movements. Placenta placement is only a concern if it's sat low enough that it impinges on the cervix (placenta praevia) - they check this regularly during the pregnancy though (often it moves up out of the way), so if you're at 28 weeks then it is unlikely to have been an issue for you as otherwise they would have been monitoring this.

All of mine have been anterior placentas, but up out of way of cervix. No issues. Apparently it might be harder to feel movements but I've not experienced that at all.

I had one anterior and one posterior placenta while pregnant with twins. The one with the anterior placenta stopped moving and I didn’t realise because I had so much movement from the other and couldn’t feel him much. It may limit your ability to monitor movement so if you’re at all concerned then get checked out. Otherwise it’s not an issue.

Placenta was anterior in both my pregnancies. No issues either time.

Thank you that's made me understand it a bit more

I had an anterior placenta with my first and have a posterior now with my second.

I can definitely feel the movements a lot more with this one than I could at the same stage of pregnancy with my first. But I've only realised that it retrospect iykwim - because it was my first I had nothing to compare to and the movements were just 'my normal'.

I can't remember where I heard it but I remember being worried about there being a higher risk of blood loss if you have a c-section and an anterior placenta (because they may cut it, I think). I ended up needing an emergency c-section and crying with worry. When the surgeon asked me if I had any questions I blurted all this worry out to her in a panic. She told me absolutely not to worry and that risk wasn't even something she was concerned about at all. I just wanted to reassure you about that in case you read the same thing I did!