gardeningkate I am having bub no3 and they aren't ruling out placenta accreta for me. The sonographer told me she thought thats what it looked like but my Ob said it was impossible to tell. Apparently it looks that way due to large placenta lakes and abnormally large vessels down below and a very odd looking placenta where they can't determine what is uterus, what is placenta as it looks like it all together except for the placental pools. Apparently its almost impossible to diagnose before birth. You can diagnose placenta percreta (more serious) so I am told. I've been doing alot of research on it (talking to midwives and obstetricians at work) about placenta acreta and none of them have ever seen a placenta accreta diagnosed before birth. And most of them you don't need a hysterectomy. They can get them out without taking the uterus, they can leave them in there ir can take a section of the uterus out and join it back together similar to a c/s. A placenta precreta on the other hand is more serious and invades the bladder/bowel etc as well as the uterine muscle.

I have not had a c/s before but have had 2 NVD although my first daughter they said I had a mild accreta when the placenta wouldn't come out and I went to theatre to remove it (and haemorraged) and have since had two procedures done to my uterus which increases the risk. I'm having another scan at 32weeks to try and get a better look at it but I'm still told I probably wont get any clear answers. My placenta is also posterior and extending to the internal os. I am told an anterior placenta is much more likely to move up then a posterior one also.

Is there a chance your Dr is trying to scare you of having a home birth? How far along are you now? I found out at 19weeks so its been an anxious time waiting until I have more answers that I am told probably they wont get until birth.