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Placenta Question...I'm confused

MeggyOMeggyO
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So I went to the Dr. today to ask about the hip pain. He took a look, said that it wasn't something like preterm labor and told me to take it easy.

Then he looked at my cervix and my placenta. He said my placenta looked low and was a little closer to the cervix than he liked. Most likely, he said, the placenta would move as my stomach grew. But...no sex Tongue Tied

So here is the part where I am confused. When I got home today, I looked at the report I got from the 1st trimester ultrasound at Stanford and they said that my placenta was fundal, which is high. So how can my placenta be both low and high?

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Re: Placenta Question...I'm confused

  • lunabeamlunabeam

    I don't know about the low/high thing. Maybe during the 1st tri u/s the tech focused on the upper end of it? Everything is still so small at that point, I would think it would be hard to predict its final position. Even at my 12w NT scan, the tech said it was too early to predict where the placenta would really be anchored (meaning low vs. high).

    I asked the tech because I do have experience with a low-lying placenta and being placed on nookie restriction. It was temporary, as the placenta did move up and away from my cervix as my uterus continued to grow. But it was a long wait! Or it seemed long anyway.

    GL. It's more common than you might think to have partial placenta previa. They end up moving in like 90% of cases.

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  • MeggyOMeggyO

    Thanks. I ended up talking with my cousin who is a labor and delivery nurse and she pretty much said the same thing. Outside of the nookie restriction Sad which is a total bummer, I'm freaked out about the idea of placenta previa and having a c-section. Not that there's anything wrong with having a c-section, but DH and I have been planning for a natural home birth with our midwife. I've been seeing an OB recommended by our midwife, because of the past miscarriages, and if necessary I certainly would not mind having him deliver the baby. I just really really really don't want a c-section.

    So here's hoping I'm part of the 90% of cases where the placenta moves up!

     

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  • CelynCelyn member

    If the placenta is more than 1.5 cm away from the certical os (opening), then vaginal delivery is often possible.  Some doctors prefer 2cm.  Acupuncture can help encourage it to grow upward with the uterus and thus get further away from the os.

    If what he said to you was that you have a low lying placenta, that probably means it was more than 2cm away from the os (Type 1 previa).  You should ask for clarification though, lest you be worried over something that isn't too concerning to him.

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  • amyfeliceamyfelice
    So sorry, I hope you don't have to have a c-section. 
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