Placenta Previa - I know, it's a tad early to discuss...

DanaG

anyone seeing any type of previa on early ultrasound? If so, how many weeks were you and was it partial/marginal or complete. 

lilpoots

My doctor is going to look and try to see if they can spot anything at my next US on Wednesday, but that is because I had complete previa with my last pregnancy. I will be 10w+5 at that appointment.

DanaG

@lilpoots did you have complete previa through delivery with your last pregnancy or did it resolve beforehand? I had a complete previa on an ultrasound I had this time at 9.9 weeks. They are going to check again at my 20 week US. I didn't have it with my first pregnancy. 

lilpoots

@Danag that seems really early for them to say that. Are you experiencing bleeding? They're checking for mine, because I'm at an increased risk since I've had previa and had a c-section. 

Did they explain to you what complete, partial and marginal mean?

To answer your question, I was diagnosed at 20 weeks with complete previa that was dead center like a bulls eye and a very large placenta. They still believed it could move and I didn't experience any bleeding due to it. Unfortunately mine didn't resolve, but most cases do. I've met women in my life who had the same situation as me and their previa moved out of the way before birth. I ultimately had a c-section at 36 weeks and a healthy son who avoided the NICU.

DanaG

@lilpoots I'm glad you had a successful outcome! They did the ultrasound early bc I had a previous loss in September very early on. No bleeding as of yet. My ob does seem confident that it'll migrate as the pregnancy moves along but of course I had to google and scare myself with the worst case scenarios. 

wyomama0427

@lilpoots I also had a c-section but my doctor didnt say anything about the placenta at my first appointment/ultrasound, was your 20 week the first time they saw yours? Is that usually normal for it not to be seen until then?

jutondreau

Because of the size and location of your uterus, a lot will have previas in the early weeks. There's simply not a lot of places for the placenta to go. Providers usually won't even start commenting on this until 20+ weeks and then don't really 'worry' until 28-30+ weeks. I wouldn't put too much stock in what you read unless they notice and mention it at your anatomy scan. Then you'll likely be followed a little closer & pelvic rest until it resolves. On the plus side, you'll get additional ultrasounds.

Our complete previa resolved around 32 weeks

lilpoots

@daniellelynette they didn't mention my previa in my first pregnancy until my anatomy scan, which was a very high def scan at an MFM office. 

@danag I'm in agreement with @jutondreau that a lot of women have some kind of previa early on, but the uterus grows and stretches so the location will completely change over time, typically moving the placenta upwards away from the cervix. It's really not a big issue until late in the pregnancy, because it's unsafe to go into labor with a previa. 

I totally get why what you googled scared the crap out of you, because it's all worst case scenarios out there. The good news is that most women would never even know they had previa early on in their pregnancy and a peristent previa is super rare. I forget exactly what the percentages are, but I'm pretty sure that any kind of previa is a .5% chance and persistent previa would be dramatically less.

mperotti220

I had it with my first...they found it around 11-12 weeks.  Luckily it moved by 22 weeks so I delivered naturally.  They'll usually watch to see if it's moving...which means extra US and views of the baby! 

toshandbabies

I was just diagnosed with placenta previa (I'm 14w) and I'm so excited!

 You probably think that's weird to say, but I had an ultrasound two weeks ago and my results were a chorioamniotic separation which has many risk factors (usually resulting in a loss). That has miraculously (through prayer I'm sure if it) resolved! So when doctor said my placenta is covering my uterus and I may need to have a csection when I'm full term, I was like "sign me up!" haha. I wasn't thinking of hear the words "full term"

Inanigloo

I did with my daughter. It was diagnosed at 9 weeks when I went to ER with bleeding. It was partial placenta previa and by 20 weeks it had moved enough that it was no longer an issue. My midwife told me at the time that if it hasn't resolved by around 28 weeks, then they may start to worry so to speak.