Has anyone heard of a low lying placenta?

Question

My first pegnancy I had a low lying placenta.Unlike most pregnant women who have a nice beautiful round belly,I had two bellies.It was painful to carry my son,I felt weighed down and couldn't stand to long.I gave birth to him normally.Which was ten times easier then carrying him.What are the chances of me having a low lying placenta during my second pregnancy?

Answer 1

Sometimes they correct themselves but I doubt you'd have two.

Answer 2

Your low lying placenta had nothing to do with your "two bellies", feeling weighted down, or being unable to stand. I hope your Dr didn't tell you that. What a low lying placenta is instead of your placenta attaching near the top of the uterus, it attached near the bottom, near the cervix. A marginal is when it touches the cervix and complete is when it covers the cervix. These are all placenta previas. You can deliver vaginally with a low lying but you will be considered a higher risk. You still would have had the same amount of weight to carry around. Your baby was possibly turned around in an OP position( not breech but the back of his head was towards your tailbone. Sometimes this is called "sunny side up" meaning at delivery, his face would have been looking up at the ceiling) which will often give your belly the shape of an oval with a 'dent' across the middle. As for feeling weighed down, I think most pregnant women feel that way. If he was turned he could have been pushing on nerves which would have been painful. Unless you have an abnormality with you uterus, fibroids, or have had several miscarriages or surgeries which could have caused scar tissue, your chances are about the same as if this never happened the first time. During the next pregnancy, ask your doctor or nurse about any discomfort you're feeling and have it explained to you. If your doctor is good, he will answer all questions without making you feel dumb. Their job also is to educate you and help you feel comfortable with your pregnancy. Good luck.

Answer 3

I had low-lying (but not actually covering or even touching the cervix) placenta in both pregnancies. And both times it resolved itself. Not that it mattered, because both deliveries were via C-section anyway...

I've known lots of women with full-blown placenta previa (which makes a natural birth impossible) who didn't have any of the symptoms you describe. I think you should talk to your OB/GYN about your concerns, and make sure that what you felt was really caused by the low-lying placenta and nothing else.

Oh...previa is a kind of random thing, but made more likely by scar tissue, fibroids, etc. I don't think that they can give odds on how likely it is to occur based on the number of pregnancies, unless they factor in associated scarring.

Answer 4

I wonder if it's anything like placenta previa, where the placenta presents itself in front of the baby's head and C-sections are usually required.
A sister-in-law of mine gave birth to her baby almost a month early and she had placenta previa, was on bed rest and needed a C-section (placenta didn't move).
Her OB told her the chance of it occurring again was somewhat high. But she hasn't had another pregnancy since then.

Answer 5

its called placenta previa. Its usually corrects itself on its own. If not the dr will watch you very carefully and if you experience any bleeding you will need to go to the dr, because that can mean the placenta is starting to detache from the uterus.(not good).

Answer 6

this is called Placenta Previa -common and no often a problem as the placenta moves during the pregnancy. talk to your OB about specific questions you have.

Answer 7

no more likely as it was the first time, it depend on where the egg implants in the uterus. you are lucky you delivered naturally, it often results in a c-section