Position of Placenta for VBAC

[Heaven]

I have been reading Ina May's Guide to Childbirth and was reading the VBAC bit yesterday and it said that the placenta has to not be covering the scar for a VBAC. So today when I had my 20wk scan I asked where the placenta was and if it was away from the scar because I knew from the 12 week scan that I had an anterior placenta again.

He said the placenta is down low and so would be close to my scar but he looked all around and couldn't see the scar so I don't know if it's too close or over it or anything

The report just says: 'The placenta is anterior and appears non praevia'.

Does this mean I will have to have another scan later to check? Will they ask about this? My next appointment isn't until 28 weeks. I hope this doesn't mean I can't have a VBAC

I didn't want to have a 3rd tri scan because I didn't want them going on about the size of the baby if it looked big.

[Arimeh]

Nah if it was attached to the scar he would have known it. My last three pregnancies have all been with an anterior placenta, so don't stress

You'll still get your VBAC.

[Heaven]

Thank you Mel, my VBAC guru! lol.

How come he couldn't see the scar at all?? What if it's under it!! And shouldn't you be able to see it? I don't get it. Maybe I didn't really have a c/s at all, LOL.

[Heaven]

Anyone else have a low anterior placenta and have a VBAC?

I really shouldn't have googled just then When will I learn! lol. One site told me that you really do not want to see a low anterior placenta in a VBAC mum But I also saw many stories saying that people had low placentas at 20wks and then by 34 weeks they had moved to the top

Crappy that they'll have a reason to want another scan now though other than to check the size of the baby which I was going to refuse.

[Arimeh]

I'd say that if it was attached to your scar, he would have been able to see it. The fact that its not close enough for him to see the scar reassures me that its not close - ITMS?

I think my placenta was pretty close with mine, but nobody ever mentioned it, and my OB wasn't concerned about it - and my midwives down here didn't even ask. They just looked at the report from the ultrasound and it was fine.

Did you get a copy of the report? How far away from your cervix does it say your placenta is?

oh - and I'm not a guru

[Heaven]

I do have a copy of the report but it doesn't say the distace on there, just 'The placenta is anterior and appears non-praevia'. But I just looked at the photos and there is two that say 'PLACENTA CERVIX' down the bottom and on the side one says 'dist. 1.48cm' and one says 'dist. 2.19cm'. eek...that seems pretty close doesn't it?

Is it weird he couldn't see the scar? I know they can check the thickness of the scar, so shouldn't he be able to see it?

Stupid thing. I just don't want to be all prepared and ready for a VBAC and then there's some stupid reason like this I can't have one, I will be so disappointed I really think I can do it if nothing out of my control gets in the way!