Letter: Prof Eric Jauniaux explains the causes of placenta previa and placenta accreta spectrum ...

When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...

Placenta previa is when a pregnant person's placenta blocks the opening to the cervix that allows the baby to be born. It can cause severe bleeding during pregnancy and delivery. Mothers with placenta ...

Placenta previa is a condition where your placenta settles low in your uterus and covers part or all of your cervix. Your cervix is the pathway through which your baby is born, and that area should ...

“It didn’t hit me that this could potentially be problematic,” Courtney Nowak, of Staten Island, NY remembers thinking. She had just had a routine sonogram at 13 weeks and her doctor had drawn her a ...

You may be confused if you have been diagnosed with placenta previa. The worry is natural and may even increase when you hear that it affects your baby's oxygen supply. Although it may all sound bad, ...

Placenta previa is when the placenta partially or fully covers the cervix, which causes bleeding. Placenta previa has no treatment, but you can reduce bleeding by avoiding strenuous activity. Risk ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Background Objective: To compare the risk of placenta previa at second birth among women who had a cesarean section (CS) at first birth with women who delivered vaginally. Methods Retrospective cohort ...

Placenta is a protective sac-like structure that develops during pregnancy and provides the baby with food and oxygen. Throughout the course of pregnancy, the placenta keeps changing its position. In ...

Jenny Mollen and Jason Biggs open up about Mollen's second pregnancy, including her placenta previa and deciding on a name Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...