Today we had our 19-week ultrasound and I should start this post by saying that all is well with the baby. Everything is looking as it should, which is, of course, sensational and a massive relief.
But I've come away from the scan a little worried - not so much about the baby, but the placenta.
It's low-lying.
Now, a quick Google reveals that 5% of women have a low-lying placenta at 19 weeks, and 90-95% of these placentas move upwards and don't develop into placenta praevia.
I am trying to focus on this - the 90-95% bit.
I feel ill at the thought of another hospital confinement (I had about a month in hospital with E) and ... another caesarean.
But, at the end of the day, the baby looks to be fine.
If I need to camp in hospital, so be it. If I need a caesarean, well, so be it. But, really, it's such early days ... I must banish that underlying worry and will that placenta to move on up!
4 comments:
Great news about the scan and I can only agree with your statistics, low lying placentas often move up, my best friend had a very low placenta, a scan at 30 weeks to check and it had moved up perfectly - no need for a c-section. I will be chanting "move up placenta" at regular intervals for you!
Glad you had a good scan - I was thinking of how you went (I read yesterday's post but didn't comment). It is a great relief to see it is all okay isn't it?
Try and focus on the 90-95% rate - fingers crossed that is you.
It's hard to focus on the 95% but that's what it's most likely to be. Glad everything else is good.
just catching up- congratulations!
fingers crossed that everything turns out exactly how you want it to.
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