Dating Scan / Anterior Placenta
Had my dating scan yesterday. Very happy at the wiggling sprinkle (after losses and being high risk this is the furthest I have been in a pregnancy).
During the scan I found out I have an anterior placenta placement. I know this is completely normal and shouldn’t affect anything but has anyone else been told their placenta is in this position?
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I had this with my first, it just meant that I didn’t feel her move as much or as strongly as someone with a posterior placenta would- but I still felt her, just softer and a little later on 🫶🏻
I had an anterior placenta with my first and felt first kicks around 21/22 weeks. My second was posterior and I felt kicks a lot earlier at 15 weeks
I had this with my first and felt kicks at 17 weeks. I was also told that an anterior placenta increases the chances of baby being in a back to back position. This wasn’t something that was recognised throughout my pregnancy but during the labour it was discovered he was back to back. Just something to be aware of x
I had anterior placenta with my first and was all okay, just took slightly longer to feel kicks x
It’s very common. My last pregnancy I had an anterior placenta, felt kicks very early and baby was absolutely fine. So we’re a few of the other mums at the time x
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