Has anyone been diagnosed/heard of Placenta Accreta

[~*Kat*~]

I had a friend in hospital with me last year that had very bad placenta accreta and as that was her last bub she had a c-section at 37 weeks (only made it that far on bed rest) and requested they take her uterus out at the same time as the placenta had grown right through her uterus and onto her bladder.
I hope its an easier run for u than what she had as it was no fun for the poor lady with 6 kids at home and being stuck in hospital an hour away from home

[mumjd]

Thanks to you both for the info you have given me. I had a retained placenta for my first, I was induced at 39 weeks due to at the time thru ultrasound they said I had a large hemetoma on the placenta. I lost about 800ml that time and took 3 mths to recover due to low iron. For my 2nd, they looked at placenta accreta due to lakes etc at ultrasound and monitered me for babies growth, unfortunately the MRI that was meant to have been booked was not due to my doctor going on holidays and the replacement one (public) got mad at me because I refused to be induced at 37weeks. So he did not book it, my midwife stood by me though and knew the details. I went into labour naturally at 39wks3days, birth went great, 6 hrs only shower for relief, just what I wanted. Unfortunately I started hemorraging straight away, when they tried to get the placenta out the cord broke off and well rushed to theatre, lost 2 litres of blood. 4 transfusions later all was ok though.
Now with this one, lakes discovered at 19 week scan, MRI booked for 34weeks. I have been given some info (mainly my midwife) the doctor is good but admits she has not seen many cases as it is rare. Suppose I will just have to wait and see. If I need a hysterectomy, Im ok with that, just wish there was more info available

[cindyb]

I do not know alot about accretas however I do work in the theatre of a maternity hospital and I have been a part of planned c/s for women who have the accretas. I believe there are different levels of them and I have only seen the more extreme come through our theatre. How it all goes will depend on where the placenta is attached and how deeply it is attached etc. I have seen women who have managed to get through it with a definate bleed during the c/s or birth and who have been fine after blood transfusion etc. BUT I have also seen women who have had no option other than hysterectomy due to the depth of the placental attachment.
I would be asking many questions of your OBGYN and getting as much information as possible so you can be as informed as possible when it comes crunch time. If it has been confirmed that you do indeed have an accreta I would also probably be making sure that my OBGYN has experience with it and if not, then i would try my best to find onw that has! just my opinion though....