When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...

Placenta previa occurs when the placenta covers the opening of the cervix during the last months of pregnancy. This condition can cause severe bleeding before or during labor. The placenta develops in ...

“It didn’t hit me that this could potentially be problematic,” Courtney Nowak, of Staten Island, NY remembers thinking. She had just had a routine sonogram at 13 weeks and her doctor had drawn her a ...

Placenta previa is when the placenta partially or fully covers the cervix, which causes bleeding. Placenta previa has no treatment, but you can reduce bleeding by avoiding strenuous activity. Risk ...

The placenta nourishes and protects your baby throughout pregnancy, filtering out what she doesn’t need and delivering the oxygen and nutrients she does. Most of the time, it attaches to the upper ...

Background Objective: To compare the risk of placenta previa at second birth among women who had a cesarean section (CS) at first birth with women who delivered vaginally. Methods Retrospective cohort ...

Bleeding during pregnancy is common, especially during the first trimester. Usually, it's not a cause for concern. But because bleeding can sometimes be a sign of something serious, it's important to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with more severe endometriosis had higher placenta previa incidence vs. women with less severe disease.

Jenny Mollen and Jason Biggs open up about Mollen's second pregnancy, including her placenta previa and deciding on a name Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Actress Jenny Mollen is getting a lot of attention for a nude pregnancy selfie she posted on Instagram on Thursday. But what she wrote in the caption is even more revealing. “Wanna make out and talk ...

Having a low-lying placenta may require modifying or restricting exercise, depending on how close it is to the cervix.