Risk of placenta accreta rises in women with multiple C-sections. Barbara George, who nearly died of placenta accrete with the birth of her daughter Hannah, is outraged over the rising cesarean rate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Allison Reidenbach was asked if she wanted to donate her twin babies' placentas to Lifeline of Ohio about an hour before she was ...

A cesarean section represents a significant medical decision that doctors don’t recommend lightly. While vaginal deliveries remain the preferred method for most births, specific circumstances can make ...

What is placenta accreta? It's a rare condition that affects around 0.2% of pregnancies. Normally, your placenta forms an attachment to the uterine lining, called the endometrium. But if you have ...

Parents Taylor and Kaleb Mckey were expecting their second pregnancy to be relatively uneventful, much like their first. Will was transverse lie, sideways in the uterus, and Taylor ended up needing to ...

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Dear Doctors: Can you please talk about placenta accreta? It happened to my sister, and she had serious medical issues when she had her baby. How can you know that you have it? Does it run in families ...

There is a widespread amount of disbelief confusion and myth-making surrounding normal delivery and C-sections A ...

Placenta previa occurs when the placenta settles unusually low in the uterus and lies near or directly over the cervix. Since the cervix is the pathway your baby uses during labour, a low placenta ...

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Allison Reidenbach was asked if she wanted to donate her twin babies' placentas to Lifeline of Ohio about an hour before she was to have a Caesarean section at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital for the ...