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koalabear1987koalabear1987 member
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I am trying to keep my mind off the fact that I may lose this baby so I am trying to prepare myself for if the tear heals and we do make it. Share your experiences with placenta previa. At 13w1d mine is complete. What should I expect, I've seen posts about preemies and bed rest and want to be prepared for what may happen. Thanks ladies.
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  • caden1206caden1206 member
    What PP said, you are still so early. Prayers everything works out.
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  • pamelamelanie924pamelamelanie924 member

    I'm sorry you're going through this! I had a complete previa, but I didn't find out until 28 weeks when I started bleeding. In my charts, it was noted during my 20 week ultrasound, but the doctor never told me. It took two trips to the ER with bleeding before someone pulled my chart and seen that I had a previa! It was complete BS. After that I was shipped to a larger, better hospital and stayed for 4 days. I then got to go home and made it to 34 1/2 weeks before I started bleeding again. I was admitted back to the hospital and had a c-section at 36 weeks. DD was in the NICU for 12 days, but she's perfectly fine now. :)

    You're still really early. Just try not to stress, even though I know that's impossible. Good luck! <3  

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    Everyone is different so it is hard to tell. I had marginal and never had a bleed. However, mine barely moved so I had to have a csection. They will usually schedule it for 39 weeks unless there is a need earlier. Mine was scheduled for 37 due to a previous preterm birth. He couldn't wait that long though and came at 354. We do not think previa was the cause at all, my body just can't seem to get past 35 weeks for some reason.
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  • RevivingOpheliaRevivingOphelia

    *hugs* Sorry you're having to go through that fear. Lots of T&P.

    I have a marginal PP. It only ended up moving 1.8cm from the cervix. Not enough for me to technically be able to have a VBAC at my hospital. BUT my LO came before my RCS, and I ended up having a drug free VBAC. 

    But, as others said, you are so early. There is still plenty of time for it to move. Again lots of T&P.

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  • koalabear1987koalabear1987 member
    Thanks for your input ladies. I know it is still early and I am hoping for the best. Yes I am on Pelvic rest but I am also on modified activity right now. I have already had a bleeding episode and the placenta has started to tear away. Right now we are taking it a day at a time but it helps to know what is in my future if it doesn't correct. My OB says we are being cautiously optimistic that the large tear will heal so he didn't want to discuss what will happen later in pregnancy and just wants to take it appt to appt. Of course this is very stressful and scary not knowing what is going to happen as far as baby is concerned. We are hoping for the best which would be the tear to heal and the placenta to move. My OB told me that right now the placenta is directly over my cervix but I know that may change. Once again, thank you for your input.
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    I'm surprised you even know about that at only 13 weeks!! Why would they tell you??? I was complete at 18 wks and wasn't told. By 26 wks I was partial and at 32 wks it had corrected itself and that's when I was told. I had a lot of questions and was enraged that I wasn't informed of the problem. My OB explained that there was no sense on letting me know it there were no issues caused by it, I was being monitored and it was nothing to stress over YET. The placenta naturally is pulled to the top of the uterus with growth and as the baby turns head down (due to gravity) the placenta gets the extra push that is needed. This is how it was explained to me on why I wasn't told. That in 95% of the cases, it WILL correct itself through the pregnancy.
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