Help mixed words on placenta previa 32 weeks

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Hi looking for similar experiences please!! At 20 week scan my placenta was right next to my cervix opening so was told to come back at 32.. I have went back and been told it is 1cm away and is classed as placenta previa if under 3cm away (posterior) from opening, this was by the sonographer she said if it doesn't move it will be a c section...I have had a scan arranged for 35+5 to check... anyway while at the midwife today I asked her what chance there is that it will move?! She said no way a postier placenta would move now but then She said 1cm is not an issue at all and I can have a natural birth! I'm so bloody confused and have 24 days to wait for the scan.. how can I be told completely different things! Unreal... just feel like I need to know what the heck is right for peace of mind and to not make myself sick!! This is NHS Scotland if that makes a difference. Thank you...

Hi there,

Just wondering what happened with your placenta? I also have posterior low lying placenta at 32 weeks and they're telling me the same. Thanks!

Hi tulip, what happened with yours pls

This sounds like strange advice in the OP.

”Praevia” should be where it is actually covering the OS, slightly away from is generally classed as “low lying”

I had low lying posterior at 20 weeks which was about 1.4cm away from OS. Hospitalised at 24 weeks with a bleed.

I was advised posterior, with a previous section, was about a 50% chance of moving up.

Week 28 no change. Week 34 measured at 2.4cm away.

Most trusts class 2cm, not 3cm, as sufficient distance for a natural birth.

1cm would still be too low and would call for C-section at 37 weeks in my trust

I’m now booked for 39 weeks and I won’t be opting for natural either way, just in case!

Hope this helps anyone asking