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Disposing of a Placenta
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on June 18, 2011
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Planning a home birth... what are the alternatives to disposing a placenta, other than burying it?
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- I am a midwife and have had two homebirths myself. With the first one the birth was in February so we stored it in the freezer and then on Mother's Day we planted a be...
- If you bury it at least 2-3 feet down and plant a flowering bush over it - things should be fine AND you'll have a beautiful reminder of that day. This is what we pla...
- I think this is revolting personally, but you can google "Placenta recipes." People cook with it and eat it in a meal or two. You can also send it out (have someone ...
Placenta Previa
Asked by A.W. from Chicago
on November 24, 2008
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I had my third ultrasound today because of a low lying placenta. I am 35 weeks and have read up on the internet about placenta previa and it did nothing but scare the...
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- I had a low lying placenta with my daughter and I delivered her naturally with no problems. The stories scared me as well, so you are not the only one. I remember my d...
- I had a mild case of it, they did several ultrasounds to monitor it, and decided it was okay for a natural birth. I had a very long labor with very little dilation an...
- Just want to give you some sight of relief...don't be frighteded. I did the same my husband and I read up on it, I believe that the internet tends to be there for sour...
A Low Placenta
Asked by S.W. from Fort Smith
on March 5, 2008
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My doctor told me yesterday that my placenta is low. She said it's nothing to worry about and she'd check it again at 30 weeks. I was just wondering if any of you ha...
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- I'm no doctor; but I "think" this is placenta privia. There's really no need to worry right now. I had a low placenta. He will check later b/c your placenta can mov...
- I had this with my second child. The info you will find is very scary but keep in mind that most of the time the placenta moves up and out of the way. I was just tol...
- I had the same thing. I think it's fairly common. As the baby grows, the placenta can move up, which is what mine did. But if it moves down, it is Placenta Previa and ...
Placenta Previa
Asked by J.Z. from Los Angeles
on October 2, 2009
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i went to my 20 week appt and they said that it might look like i have placenta previa. can anybody share knowledge and experiences ...good and bad
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- With my 1st baby I had a low lying placenta. It cleared up on its own by the time I was 7 months pregnant. I never had to change anything and there were no complicat...
- As many already mentioned, you should confirm this with your doctor to know exactly what you have. My ultrasound indicated I had a partial pp around that same period s...
- Hi J.... My pregnany was fine until about 28 weeks when I began bleeding and was diagnosed with a placenta previa. When I went back in at 36 weeks to have it looke...
Placenta Previa
Asked by S.V. from St. Louis
on July 6, 2008
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Hi ladies,
My friend and I are both due in december, 1 day apart. Unfortunately she had some bad news. She has placenta previa, where her placenta landed itself o...
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- S., If the placenta previa does not migrate up into the uterus, your friend will have to have a c-setion. I know that is scary, but by not having it, she puts her lif...
- I have an 8 month old daughter (born in November 2007) and I was also diagnosed with this early on in my pregnancy even in the 2nd trimester. My Dr did not seem conce...
- Do NOT deliver the baby at home! I am an OB delivery nurse so I have some first hand experience with this condition. As much as your friend may be terrified of a c-sec...
Retained Placenta
Asked by R.B. from Boston
on October 4, 2008
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I've done some checking on my own but would like some "real" feedback from you all.
I went full term and delived my son naturally in a birth center with a midwife but...
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- I just had my second child bout 10 mos ago and did it all naturally with NO retained placenta or d&c. my first labor was way more complicated than yours sounded like ...
- Hi R.! Hi I've had issues with my placenta at birth as well. My first born my placenta was left behind but only partial but that led to a hemmorhage so the second tim...
- I have never had a retained placenta. But I did have to have a D&C after a miscarrige. I got pregnant with my now 21 month old son 6 months later & I am having my 2nd ...
Placenta Previa
Asked by J.J. from Kansas City
on January 2, 2009
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i am 13 weeks pregnant and an early ultra sound shows my placenta being on top of my cervix. has anyone else had previa? especially this early that had it all the way...
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- I had it in the early months of my last pregnancy. I was 11 weeks and my husband and I had been together and I started to bleed. an ultrasound showed the previa an...
- I had a marginal placenta previa with my first child from around 20 weeks to 28 weeks and it cleared up. The specialist at the perinatal clinic told me that I had unti...
- Yes I had placenta previa with my third child. I spotted heavily a couple times (around 8 and 10 weeks) which was really scary. But when I went in for a sonogram arou...
Placenta Previa
Asked by M.Q. from New York
on March 20, 2009
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Hello everyone. I found out this past Tuesday that I have placenta previa. It was a shocker but my doctor told me they would monitor me and it might go away. I am just...
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- Try not to worry. I had the same thing happen to me around 20 weeks of my pregnancy. I know the info online can be scary but worst case senario is that the placenta do...
- HI M., With my second I had placenta previa. It moved completely by the time I was ready to deliver. Think of your uterus as a balloon - If there was a dot on the b...
- Hi M., The only thing I want to say is that you know your body better than anyone and that with this condition you really need to limit yourself and pay attention t...
Placenta Previa..?
Asked by K.C. from Evansville
on October 26, 2010
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I had an ultrasound yesterday (16 weeks) due to bleeding and cramping over the weekend. Baby is fine, but I was diagnosed with placenta previa. Nurse said it wasn't ...
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- I had placenta previa... It went away on it own and I was able to have a natural delivery. I was scared also. The big this is no sex. You do not want to rupture anythi...
- Previa is not a reason to abstain from normal activity :P It can correct itself, so they will keep an eye on it and you won't need a section if it moves up and out ...
- I also had placenta previa and it moved out of the way by the time I delivered. I did have spotting through out the whole 9 months and had at least 9 ultrasounds.
Placenta Previa
Asked by M.M. from San Francisco
on April 30, 2008
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Hi There,
This is my first time but I read the newsletter everyday. Thought I would try this out. I am 18 weeks a long. Just told Family and Friends and co-workers ...
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- M., There is no need to be alarm at this point in the game. I also felt worried when I was told I had a low lying placenta during my pregnancy. Majority of the time...
- I woulnd't worry too much. I had the same thing and as my preganacy moved along and I got bigger the placenta moved out of the way.
- Hi M., I had plecenta previa in my second pregnancy and all was fine. She is now aklmost 14 yrs old. I had some early spotting and otherwise just had to do no lifting ...
