Here's what you should know about placenta accreta, which now affects 1 in 270 births.
Thirty-three weeks into her first pregnancy, Christie Gummow went into labor. Despite the early delivery, she and the baby were fine, except that Gummow’s placenta — the organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and supplies the baby with oxygen and nutrients — did not detach like it is supposed to.
Then, three weeks later, Gummow spiked a fever and was overcome by nausea, like she had the flu. Her doctors had her come back in for an ultrasound, then immediately scheduled her for surgery. Part of her placenta had stayed in her body, attached to her uterine wall, and that was making her very sick.
Once again, the labor was relatively smooth, except that Gummow’s placenta did not detach after the baby was delivered.“When I came out, I was in recovery and I was apparently talking and doing OK, but my OBGYN — who delivered both of my babies and knew me pretty well — picked up that my speech pattern was changing, and I was slurring some words,” recalled Gummow. “She knew something was happening, and they rushed me back in.
After vaginal deliveries, women must also then deliver the placenta, often called the afterbirth. It’s a process that may take up to 20 minutes or more, and is aided along by continued uterine contractions — and sometimes comes as a shock to women who think their work is done.
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