Thanks for all the feedback! I'm not at all concerned about this but it is interesting to read (again) that more often than not, the placenta behaves itself and moves high enough for a vaginal delivery.
I figure there is nothing I can do to change the outcome (gorgeous DH asked if standing on my head each night would help - LOL!), I'm just best to prepare myself for either direction at this stage - vaginal or CS. I desperately want to try for a drug free vaginal birth but if a CS is the only option in the end, then I'll just have to deal with it. I figure getting my baby a little earlier and safely isn't such a bad outcome
I'll be sure to post back after the next scan. Can those of you who are waiting to find out do the same? It would be interesting to see how many of our placentas move.
Taurean, just came across this thread. I also had a low lying placenta at 20 weeks. Mine was 1.5cm (I think). At 32 weeks it had moved back to 3cm. We were going to do another scan at around 37/38 weeks to check again but I went into labour at 36+6 and DS was born early via c/s. My OB likes placentas to be at least 5cm away from the o/s to have a VB, other OB's are happy for it to be a bit closer, so it depends on your OB I guess. Turns out my placenta had an extra bit on top of it too, so it was bigger than normal as well.
If you're really, really keen on a VB definitely push for scans toward the end of your pregnancy and go for the internal ones too because they can get a better measurement.
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