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 is when a pregnant person's placenta blocks the opening to the cervix that allows the baby to be born. It can cause severe bleeding during pregnancy and delivery. Mothers with placenta ...

“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 ...

Of whether placenta complications are genetic, OB/GYN Dr. Mary Jane Minkin tells PEOPLE, "The answer is we really don't know" PEOPLE, Music Writer and Reporter While placental abruption and placenta ...

Women diagnosed with placenta previa early in their pregnancy should be careful that the discovery doesn’t steal the joy they have for the upcoming birth of their child. Placenta previa is a condition ...

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 ...

In women, the placenta, a sac-like organ, develops inside the uterus to provide oxygen and supply nutrition to the baby in the womb. Placenta previa is a condition in which the placenta covers or ...

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 ...