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Re: baby demise because of placenta acreta at 31 weeks (stillborn)

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:28:52 -0600 (CST)


At Thu, 11 Jan 2001, randy wrote: >
>I had placenta acreta and I was wondering if the doctor should of been
>keeping a closer eye on my placenta growth so that the placenta would of
>not strangled the unbilical cord and killed my baby. Should I have had
>an mri.

NO! I don't think you know what a placenta accreta is. It is where the placenta grows into the wall of the uterus. It usually does not separate from the wall of the uterus and this is the first time that we usually become aware of a placenta accreta. It has nothing to do with an umbilical cord strangling a baby.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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