HELP IM CONFUSED!!!! has anyone else experienced low lying placenta?

Question

Had a scan which revealed low lying placenta and baby upside down! Since then had a private 4d scan which showed my baby's lying head to lower left hand side using placenta as pillow but his body is still transverse!! I know that he could still move but i'm concerned now that the placenta is preventing him from going further down! Has any one else experienced this? When i saw that he had moved a bit i was really chuffed!! Now i don't know what to think. HELP!!!!!

I am currently 29 weeks and 5 days pregnant if that helps. Thanks to all who has answered so far!

Answer 1

A low lying placenta is extremely common (it's called "placenta previa" if it is still low-lying after 28 weeks). Most of the time it resolves itself before the onset of labor, no worries. The placenta does not actually move (that is, it doesn't actually move higher up), but as the placenta grows and the womb grows, their growth relative to one another make it appear as though that's what's happened. In any event, the result is the same: the placenta is no longer low lying and pregnancy, and labor, continue as per usual.

Placenta previa (low lying placenta after 28 weeks gestation) is less common, as by the later states of pregnancy the situation has usually resolved itself. However, if placenta previa is present in late pregnancy a cesarian section will likely be required. However, this isn't always the case, and depends on where the placenta in relation to the cervix; if it is completely blocking the cervix than a c-section will absolutely be required, because the placenta would be blocking the baby's way out. If the placenta is barely bordering the cervix it's possible your doctor wouldn't deem a c-section necessary (although it's still likely that your doctor would want a c-section done, as the placenta could otherwise bleed upon dilation).

As for the movement of your baby, that's perfectly normal as well. Granted, you don't say how far along you are in your pregnancy, but in any event most of the time the baby keeps shifting around until labor is pretty near. I had multiple ultrasounds during my recent pregnancy, and one of my babies was constantly on the move -- breach one week, vertex the next, etc. During one visit I went from an ultrasound to a non-stress test within just minutes; the baby was vertex the first time we looked and turned completely around by the time they wheeled me down the hall to the other machine. Don't worry about that at all. Of course your baby's position when you go into labor matters, but what s/he does between now and then really shouldn't matter at all.

Good luck.

Answer 2

At about 7 month you have plenty of time. With my first I had a low placenta and had to get 2 additional ultrasounds to be sure it moved up and out of the way (which it did).

Along with the placenta scare, #1 son was also posterior (face up) upon delivery (which no-one told me about until after all was done). I did deliver him, it was long and hard, but we all made it healthy, tired and happy.

As for his position - for #3 he was head up FOREVER. They even did an ultrasound when I was in labor to be sure he turned since they couldn't tell by feel.

I hate to say this, but the worst case is you would have to have a c-section. And if the placenta is OK but the baby is still transverse, then again the worst would be a c-section.
Baby can turn anytime, and if he's head down he's 1/2 way there.

Take care - you'll both do great.

Answer 3

ok, calm down :)

It could be a "low lying placenta" or "placenta previa" .. I had this!
(you haven't mentioned if you started spotting or anything .. but if you do .. this should ease your mind)
I started bleeding bright red blood at 15 weeks .. went to the ER (hystrical, because I thought I was losing my baby) .. they did an ultrasound, baby was perfect and the bleeding was because I have a "low lying placenta". I then (for 4 weeks) continued spotting brown. It does not affect the baby whatsoever. The doctor said 96% of people who have a "low-lying" placenta in early pregnancy will clear itself up and will be perfect by full term and will have a normal vaginal delivery. Worse case scenerio is that if the placenta doesn't move up (from your uterus expanding as your tummy grows) .. then in that 4% you will have to have a c-section. But you will still have a healthy baby :)
I just (2 weeks ago) went in for my 20 week ultrasound .. and no more low-lying placenta!! it's completely normal!! no spotting .. nothing! it was as if I never had it :)
I've known SEVERAL women who had this (some spotted, some didn't) and EVERY one of them cleared up by term and deliverd their babies vaginally! It's so very common in early pregnancy. Don't stress about it. I stressed myself retarted when it happend to me. I'm now 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant with a very healthy baby boy!
Hang in there .. and relax :)

PS - about the baby being upside down .. its called "breached" (sp?) .. and my baby is STILL upside down! it doesn't affect them at all .. most of them turn around by delivery time (some the last few days before delivery) .. and worse case scenerio, again .. would be a c-section. You're baby isn't in any danger .. its nothing to worry about.
You're baby is just as healthy as the rest! :)

Good luck! God bless!

Answer 4

I had a low lying placenta and i've been offered a scan at 33 weeks of pregnancy but then everything was fine, the placenta moved.It normally moves but if you want to make sure have another scan in few weeks time. Good luck.

Answer 5

At my 20 week scan i was told that the placenta was partly over the cervix, also known as partial placenta previa. My OB/GYN has been one for 32 years. He called me on the phone and explained everything and told me that this was very very common. More often then people know. Not to mention most of these cases arent caught until the women goes into labor, has problems giving birth OR starts to bleed and freaks out! My son is also transverse, with his feet right under my belly button lol. I was told again that at this point it is definitly not a concern. Most of these problems fix themselves. The placenta in 90% of the cases diagnosed around 20 weeks fixed themselves on their own. I have another ultrasound at the end of march to see if the placenta has moved at all, hope it has. If not i should prepare myself for a c-section. This really isnt as dangerous as the internet makes it out to be. And as far as your baby being in the wrong position. This happens to alot of babies, and usually right before birth they move into the correct position. Theres really nothing to worry about. Try to relax and take things one day at a time, you and your baby will be just fine :) GOODLUCK and CONGRATS!!!

Mom of 4 boys and 24 weeks with number 5!!!

Answer 6

As long as the placenta is low lying, there's usually nothing to worry about. Just get an ultrasound often to check it. It's when it becomes Placental Previa, where it completely blocks the cervix, that it is a concern. The baby can flip several times during the pregnancy. Hope it turns out OK.

Answer 7

I had a low lying placenta with my daughter. I had an ultrasound when I was about 5 months but when it was time for me to deliver it had moved and I had no problems!

Answer 8

i had this too, but by the time I had yet another scan at 35 weeks the placenta had moved. As for the baby mine was the wrong way at one point and my midwife suggested kneeling on the floor and leaning against a stool or sofa with your bum sticking out and gently rock. Apparently this is quite uncomfortable for the baby and it moves to where it should be. It worked for me.

Answer 9

i had this with my first pregnancy but generally the placenta moves up on its own in plenty of time but if its still low once you get to a certain point in your pregnancy they tend to do a c-section so that it lowers the risk to you and your unborn baby.

Answer 10

it's called previa, and as your womb grows, the placenta should move out of the way. otherwise you will have to get a c-section.