Placenta:Placental Abruption

What are the symptoms and causes of placental abruption?

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mamalala - 68 days ago.
I had a placental abruption whe I was over due with my daughter. I actually wasn't even aware of it until after the tst were done on my placenta. I was in labor for 48 hours and when they finally decided to break my water it was all blood. There was no amniotic fluid left, all blood. I was rushed in for an emergency C Section immediately. My daughter was in the NICU for two and a half weeks, but we both SURVIVED! She is now an amazing 2 and a half year old.. I am currently 29 weeks pregnant with my second and of course scared it will happen again, but my dr. is very much on top of it. They are doing my section early because he thinks my going late last time might have had something to do with the abruption. Hoping for the best this time arund!

lissie - 306 days ago.
95% of pregnancies cannot continue after an abruption. I had a terrrible abruption at week 20.5 yet I went full term 37.5 weeks and delivered a perfect baby boy. Large portions of the placenta were dead yet it delivered and functioned to care for my baby. My body had formed numerous membranes that seemed to function as a support system to the placenta. It was amazing. I was crying so much at the delivery and the nurse wondered what was wrong...I was so happy and felt so lucky--my son recieved an APGAR of 9-9. Better than my other two children. I don't know why things happen to us but I feel that there must be a reason for all things like this. I know 3 wonderful women, better than myself, that lost full term babies in the past few months :( Maybe there babies were too good for this world. i don't presume to know why this happened. I am so sorry for all of your losses and want to tell you it is not your fault. Hugs to you and no matter what happens there is hope.

Mom-to-Noah-and-Runa - 311 days ago.
One year ago today I gave birth to my perfect baby girl. This was after a partial placental abruption at 26 weeks. If you find yourself on this board know there is hope. She is either ahead or right on track with ever milestone and has never given us any indication that the abruption harmed her.

lissie - 398 days ago.
There is a correlation. Most of the time it doesn't mean you will end up with an abruption though. It is more likely if you are diagnosed end of first or begining of second trimester. (as was the case for me) I think it has to do with the developement/attachment of the placenta.

conmae - 401 days ago.
I had a subchorionic Hemorrhage last week. I am currently 11 weks PG and still have some discharge. Is there any relation between a SCH and placenta abruption? Am I at higher risk now?

lissie - 409 days ago.
Just wanted to say we are still hanging in there. I'm 27.5 weeks now.

lissie - 441 days ago.
I am hoping we make it a few more weeks. Like Jeni at 21 weeks I had 3 big bleeds in 4 days then a few more moderate bleeds now spotting off and on. I had a subchorionic hematoma in early second trimester that actually cleared up. So I thought I was safe. Anyway, that wasn't the case. I am hoping that my son can make it alright and hopefully with no lifelong problems. I just can't believe we are a statistic. I guess that's just life. I'm so greatful my son looks so good and he is still growing!!! I am so blessed. Jeni we'll have to make it through this! We just have to make it a few more weeks, right?! I am so sorry for all of you that have lost your precious angel. I don't understand why things happen. I'm glad you made it. Hugs.

RNJeni - 445 days ago.
I am 21 weeks pregnant.. and had bleeding a few days ago. Apparently I have a slight placental abruption which we are hoping will heal. My blood pressure is questionable...on the high end. I am still leaking some old blood and pray that my little one makes it.

katiedodge619 - 539 days ago.
I had a pregnancy with 41 1/2 weeks.. a big son healthy and happy. Then, 7 years later, I became pregnant with my daughter. She was always very active in uterine. Kicking and hiccups very very frequently. One day at 36 weeks and 4 days... I realized she hadn't really kicked for a couple hours. I told the hubby he then made me call the doctor. Never got a call back,,, started feeling light but very frequent contractions... hubby made me go to the hospital, felt kinda silly but thought better safe than sorry. Got to the hospital, contractions were very inconsistent timing at that point.. every 6mts then every 22mts. Nurse did a stress test. daughter was fine. they did want her heart rate to go up then down a little more. they gave me an IV of glucose. Performed and exam to see if I was dialated. about 10 mts after, felt like I had to pee, hubby helped me to the bathroom,,, as I stood up to wipe, his face went white and pointed and said ' ah babe, you are bleeding,, ALOT'.. Didn't even worry, thought it was 'bloody show' kinda got excited that we may go into labor. Well the bleeding got worse as did the contractions. My uterus got tender, the nurse and idiot on call doc wouldn't tell me where or why I was bleeding, told me that my unbareable contractions I know I was feeling weren't that severe.(later realized, they placed the contraction monitors low on top my belly where typical contractions start on uterus, not up high where placental abruption ones start) Doc peformed ultrasound, said it didn't look like much bleeding but couldn't really make out much on the screen..lol At this point they had me ly directly on a bed pan because the bleeding was so much. Finally after arriving at 9pm the previous night, my doc rolls in at 7am, see's that I have had severe and continous contractions, decides 10mts later by phone from the nurses station to my room that he was gonna perform an emergency c-section and I was indeed experiencing placental abruption. They wheeled me in, we recorded the surgery on video and it was BLOODY!. He delivered my beautiful baby girl 6lbs 6oz.. They told us to sstop recording,she had ingested so much blood, she couldn't breathe, they intabated her, I never heard her cry..They immeadiatly whisked her away kicking hubby out even. She was full of so much of my blood, her first stool wasn't meconium, it was pure blood.. they had to place and IV into her imbulicle cord all the way up to her heart, so therefore we were unable to hold her for the 1st 48hrs. she wasn't allowed to eat, she would cry for 2 whole days out of hunger :( But, by day 3, she was allowed out of NICU and I swear... right in my room in a basinet :) we left the hospital and she was perfect.. Then for shock factor... her and I were in a severe car accident on my actual due date which amazingly also fell on fathers day 2008.. so I could look st our unexpected event in so many different ways.. My doctor even says that it was a great thing I was not pregnant in my accident, that the trauma would have been severe for her! She is now 2yrs old and her doc says she is 3-6 mths advanced developmentally.. so smart and height, weight are always 85-95 percentile. So, like everyone else, I do want another baby, very bad. I am scared and I do really wish that out of all of these ladies that unfortunately experienced this tragic complication, would come back and update they forum comments. This complication happens in every 1% of pregnancies, each of our babies have a 20-40% chance of dying. we have a 10% chance of a reaccuring placental abruption in future pregnancies. All of this tells me, that it happens, it's tragic and can indeed happen again. IF ANYONE HAS ANY BIT OF HOPE OR WARNING, WE ALL WOULD APPRECIATE IT! So sorry for everyones devastating losses. I cry everytime I hear of a story that started like mine, but sadly didn't end like mine did. God bless your angels!

3rdOnBoard - 554 days ago.
8 months ago my daughter was delivered via emergency c-section. At 35 weeks my water broke and it was clear but I had no contractions. Had a shower and drove to the hospital. When we arrived, I started bleeding, so heavily that even though I was wearing a pad, my pants were soaked and I was dripping blood on the floor. Although I was panicking, the midwife kept telling me that it was completely normal and left me laying on a bed for over an hour. My husband demanded she get a Dr to see me and after one look, I was raced to theatre. They were in such a hurry to get my baby out that they cut me vertically and horizontally and I cant carry anymore children. They also cut my daughters head when they were cutting into me. It took them a while to get my daughter breathing and I lost over a litre of blood. I thank god that we both made it that day!

jess87 - 555 days ago.
hey ladies, i had a severe Placental Abruption, it happened at work and i thought my waters broke but it was blood... went to er, and dont remeber to much apart from waking up and the doctors were amazed my daughter and i made it, i had very high bp and had over 2 litres of blood transfusion, i am seeing a doctor at the moment to get over all the shock, it still scares me anyone else still having nightmares?

luffmelots - 636 days ago.
I had an abruption at 26 wks. Nobody told me anything until it happened. I had major contractions and bleeding. I went to er and was air evaced to a hospital w a better Nicu. My son was born at 6:01 am 14 weeks premature. He was 2lbs 3ozs. He spent 88 days in the Nicu. It was hard and scary. I can't even describe how bad it was. He is doing great now. He's one year old and learning how to walk. I'm pregnant again though and scared....

enjohnson1 - 638 days ago.
I had an abruption at 14 weeks. I am currently 18 weeks, and I am still bleeding out old blood. Baby is fine, but I cannot work for fear it will happen again, but worse. Now the baby is at risk for ingesting the blood that got into the amniotic fluid from the bleed. This pregnancy is very stressful ! Anybody have any advice on abruptions?

Mum2anAngel - 641 days ago.
Two months ago I had a placenta abruption at 41 weeks. I had a perfect pregnancy with no complications until that last night. I had an emerg c-section after I started bleeding and loosing clumps of blood. My baby girl was out within an hour of the symptoms but had bled out. The Drs. did a transfusion but the damage had already been done. She survived for 2 and a half days and then passed away.

momof7plus2 - 713 days ago.
I was 6.5 weeks Pg with my 5th child and was bleeding. I went to the ER and was told I was going to miscarry. than the U/S said I had a 8mm Placenta and it was tearing away by 6mm. And I was going to loss the baby. Was sent home on bed rest ( had 4 kids 8,6,4,2) I bleed til 25 weeks than was fine . At 30 weeks was standing in the kitchen felt a POP and Blood was running down my leg and befroe I know it I was standing in a Pool of it. Went to the Hos. and was but on bed rest for 11 days in there sent home on meds. Made it to my due date bleeding off and on. I was done on that day bleeding again went to the Hos. and 4 hour later at 7cc. His hart dropped to 35 and they did a emergentcey C-Sec... 10 years later he is the smartest one in the House knows everything about football. Play baseball and I have had 4 more kids since than and I am PG with twins ( again B/B Identcail are 8 years old) So even when the ER Doctor said ' we can do a D.C' at 6.5 weeks Glad I said no just do the U/S.... Luv my Little Bear

mammaof2girls - 736 days ago.
I Was'nt Diagnosed With Placenta Abruption Until After I Had My Baby And they Examined the Placenta..They Said It Was A miracle That me and My Daughter Survived.. I had this gut feeling Something Was Wrong From the Time I found Out I was Pregnant with her! When they broke my water instead of water coming out Blood shot out .. They said I had been Hemoraging the whole time I was Pregnant and the placenta abrupt until during labor...I was Really scared. I thank God Everyday That We Made It!

Carolyn1978 - 736 days ago.
I was diagnosed with placenta abruption when I was 12 weeks pregnant. I was told I needed to rest and not work for two weeks.It was juast spotting bright red blood first the I ended up in the ER because I was gushing blood. I spent 4 days in hospital with complete bed rest, IV attached & bathroom privlidges with nurse assistance. The doctor released me with strick bedrest for the remainder of my two weeks and told my the abruption should heal on its own by week 14. I am currently on my 15th week with no bleeding since. I have been eating healthy and resting when I can. I am back to work and haven't had any issues yet(knock on wood I don't either). I had never heard of this before and I have already had two previous pregnancies that went perfectly fine. Hopefully everything works out fine. To all of you women who experience the same thing and are terrified, don't let it stress you out (that doesn't help the situation), get lots and lots of rest and eat healthy. Cheers!

happymummy - 757 days ago.
Hi. I am 23 weeks pregnant and have noticed a tender patch on my upper abdomen - just to the left of my tummy button. It had been there for about a week. I noticed it when I was rubbing my tummy - it does not feel tender unless I put pressure there. Now I looked on line and am worried as I heard this can be a sign of placental abruption. I do not have any bleeding and do not have high BP. Can anyone help? I am away from home and will not get to see my midwife or doctor for 3 weeks. Thanks!

gg13 - 828 days ago.
Towards the end of my first pregnancy,(35 weeks) I felt a burning with some mild contractions. It was confirmed about 2 days later that I indeed had contractions. They put me on Tirbulalane and told me to rest. 4 days later I had a placenta abruption. Thankfully my little girl was born at 36 weeks 4lbs 4oz (healthy)with an apgar score of 9. My placenta was analyzed with inconclusive results, however I was diagnosed with MTHFR 6 months later. I am now taking high dosages of folic acid. I also noticed that I did not make a lot of breast milk. Has this happened to anyone? I am trying to conceive again,

jazzmynn12109 - 918 days ago.
Hello im a first time mom im 16 years old and pregnant with a baby girl iiM 24 weeks along &+ Havee recently been diagnosed wiith placental abruption,ii WASz devistaded Whenn ii realised that ii had to be induced as soon as possible right now im on bed rest and waiting for her to come im almost fully dialated this is very new to me anyone goin thru this &+ williing to share There info? Thanksz

ccandjoe - 918 days ago.
Hi. With my first pregnancy I was diagnosed with a complete previa at 14 weeks. I started bleeding (huge gush) at 28 weeks. After several days in the hospital (and baby was fine) I was sent home for complete bed rest. Continued having various gushing blood episodes between 28-32 weeks and was in and out of the hospital 4 different times. Finally the day I hit 33 weeks I had the worst gush yet and my dr. said it was time to deliver. My son was born at 4 lb 10 oz and had a rough start, but is a healthy one year old today and I feel truely blessed! My hubby and I would like to have another child, but I'm terrified of another previa and abruption. Has anyone else gone on to have more children after an abruption? If so, was everything ok in your future pregnancies? Thanks for any info!

ash070658 - 943 days ago.
i wasnt quite sure wut this was but i guess i had one the day i delivered i was induced and when i was about 6cm dialated my doc came and said i was losing way to much blood and had 2 do an emergency c-sec. my baby was prefect didnt go to the nicu or n e thing i wanted to keep laboring i was 6cm!! and it was going fast but i didnt mind just no one really explained 2 me wut was wrong with me just welp ur going! very crazzy~~ all a big blur!

NovemberGift - 944 days ago.
Hi. I have a 20 month old daughter, she was delivered by emergency c-section at 32 weeks after i started bleeding in the middle of the night. i had placenta previa and was also stressed out at the time, i think that worsened things. i was in hospital for a week and the ongoing monitoring wasnt reassuring to my doctor who felt it was best to get her out - she was in NICU and had so many feeding problems later on, not to mention reaching most of her milestones late. its only started getting bearable when she started walking at 15 months, and she's a joy, a bright and beautiful star in my life. i'd like to have another, but i'm so so scared of going thru all of this again, or putting a baby thru this.... i dont want the stress of thinking of this during pregnancy as i know that stress made things worse for me the last time. no matter what dont stress during pregnancy, hormones are very very delicate at this stage and any imbalance is perceived as a threat (Including foetus).

sgtoodles - 971 days ago.
I had placntal abruption at 39 weeks. I thought my water broke, but when I went to the bathroom I was bleeding. My husband took my to the hospital right away and the doctors werent' sure what the bleeding was from, but luckily the Dr. recommended they do a C-section and so a little over an hour after the dr. first looked at me, my son was born. During the c-section they discovered that i had had a placental abruption. My son swallowed blood and had to have his stomach pumped and was on oxygen and an IV for 2 days. But luckily, after that he was fine. But had they not done the c-section so quickly, things may have been worse. It's b een a year and I am thinking about baby#2 but am worried that it may happen again. (and maybe not have a happy ending) Anyone have an abruption and then have more babies without any complications?

Daydreamer - 996 days ago.
I had placenta abruption but I was diagnosed too late. I did not show any signs of abruption. I was 35 weeks and my water broke so I thought I was going to deliver. I found out when I got to the hospital she had detached two days ealier. It was horrible and I don't want to scare anyone but please, please take all precaution if you are showing signs. Has anyone had placenta abruption and then it happened to them again with the next pregnancy? I'm really scared this is going to happen to me again since it happened with my first pregnancy.