“Hello my name is Gemma and I am a 35 year old mother of 5 . My first pregnancy 15 years ago ended in a emergency section due to fetal destress, I fell pregnant with babies one and two really quickly so was advised to have planned sections so I... Continue reading →
“This month is Accreta Awareness Month. Many of you asked why my delivery was so traumatic. Well I’ll give you the summary of what happened during my pregnancy and delivery. At only 5 weeks pregnant, I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night to find blood when... Continue reading →
“I have 3 girls 19,16 & 11 years old. All born very early at 27 weeks, 27 weeks, (angel baby boy, born asleep) 23+6 weeks & 26 weeks. So l knew it’d be a stressful pregnancy, just not this early. I was told at 5 weeks that baby had implanted... Continue reading →
As October ends, we would like to thank everyone who supported ICAN Accreta Awareness Month! The more our information was shared, the more mothers spoke out about how they and their families were affected by accreta. Conversations about placenta accreta, especially those including loss, can be very difficult. Though fear... Continue reading →
By Erin Digitale, September 2013 Too Deeply Attached Before her third son was born in 2010, Maya Adam had to face a possibility modern medicine has made almost obsolete: she could bleed to death before or during delivery. A rare defect in her placenta left both Adam and her fetus... Continue reading →