C Section with Anterior Placenta
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@Jo thank you so much for this. Explains it all perfectly! They only mentioned a 36 week scan to me not a 32 so will speak to my midwife. Xx
@Chelsea the 32 week one is a bit irrelevant to be honest. If it hasn't moved at 32 weeks they rescan at 36 weeks anyway. So some places just do 36. X
Your placenta is designed to move out of the way of the cervix. 20 weeks is way too early for them to say how you’ll give birth, so they shouldn’t really have said that. It depends if your placenta moves, and most do.
It has plenty of time to move. 90% of placentas move. You'll be fine. You'll have another scan at about 32 weeks to see what's going on. I have mine next month.
I have an AP and this has never been brought up to me.
@Wolfie it's of they're low lying that they're a problem. X
It depends if it moves on future scans. If the placenta is less than 20mm from the cervix or covering it then vaginal birth is either exceptionally dangerous or physically impossible. If its less than 20mm away and you go into labour, as the cervix dilates, the edge of the placenta is exposed and can cause catastrophic bleeding for both you and baby. If it is covering the cervix completely, there is no way of baby getting out through the cervix. You should be offered another scan at 32 and 36 weeks to check the position again. As the uterus grows from the bottom upwards, the placenta can "move" as pregnancy progresses. Xx