For those who had a partial placental abruption...

Did it heal?
Did you continue bleeding during pregnancy?
When you eventually went into labor or were induced, did the placenta start to detach more causing problems? How far along were you when the first abruption happened, and how far were you when you gave birth?
Did you labor/ birth go smoothly?

I don't have any info, just wanted to send you some positive thoughts. I know what this labor and birth meant to you and I am so sorry you have had to mourn your experience and deal with this scary stuff.

Quoting TantricLemons:" I don't have any info, just wanted to send you some positive thoughts. I know what this labor and birth ... [snip!] ... what this labor and birth meant to you and I am so sorry you have had to mourn your experience and deal with this scary stuff."

Thanks  
I just really really don't want to end up with a c section. He went against the odds and flipped head down with barely any fluid, so he's rooting for me at least lol
Since my water is broken for sure though they won't even let me labor in the tub  
Idk what I'm going to do. And they are really pushing for induction at 34 weeks but I told them I want to try for 36-37 at least.
I feel like the firther from my due date I am, the less effective the pitocin will be and I will go through all that pain just to end in surgery. Also, he's doing great, growing, practice breathing, etc etc so I'd rather risk infection and stay pregnant. Especially since I'm staying super clean  

Quoting Will☮Creedence:" Thanks   I just really really don't want to end up with a c section. He went against the odds and ... [snip!] ... practice breathing, etc etc so I'd rather risk infection and stay pregnant. Especially since I'm staying super clean  "

I wish you the best possible labor and or all this stress to be over soon and you to hold your beautiful healthy baby boy <3.

Did you get the steroid shot for the lungs?
As long as there are no life threatening complications, I don't see why you can't try for 36 - 37 weeks honestly.
but you are on bed rest right? The Placental problems could cause serious internal bleeding which wouldn't be good for either of you.
Keeping you and baby in mythoughts.

<blockquote><b>Quoting TantricLemons:</b>" I wish you the best possible labor and or all this stress to be over soon and you to hold your beautiful healthy baby boy <3."</blockquote>



Thank you!

<blockquote><b>Quoting Two Princesses:</b>" Did you get the steroid shot for the lungs? As long as there are no life threatening complications, I ... [snip!] ... problems could cause serious internal bleeding which wouldn't be good for either of you. Keeping you and baby in mythoughts."</blockquote>



Yes I got the steroid shots 3 weeks ago when my water first broke and I was bleeding. Every time it leaks, its bloody. That's why they are assuming I have the placental abruption.
They said if it tears away any more, I will start bleeding heavier. Since my sac is broken we will always be able to tell.
I'm just nervous about it coming loose or completely detaching during labor.
I'm on bed rest at the hospital.
They told me they will start pushing/ strongly recommending induction at 34 weeks but if I want to try for 35 that might be ok. I said 36-37 and my doctor got weird but I think they just don't like patients sticking up for themselves.
He said the only risk of keeping the baby in longer is infection due to the sac being ruptured, which imo isn't that big of a deal because its just as much of a risk now, has been for the last 3 weeks and will be for the next 5 weeks so if I can go 8 weeks with no infection then I can go 10 or 11 weeks with no infection. They monitor baby twice a day and take my temp and Blood pressure like 7 or 8 times a day and about 2-3 times throughout the night so if I ever got a fever they would most likely induce me then and there. It's not like nobody would know.

Praying for y'all girl!

You got this! Your kiddo is a trooper and is giving those drs a run for their money! :-)

I had a partial abruption which in turn caused contractions. The contractions caused it to slowly tear more. I was 30 weeks and had a csection.

Quoting Will☮Creedence:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Two Princesses:</b>" Did you get the steroid shot for the lungs? ... [snip!] ... throughout the night so if I ever got a fever they would most likely induce me then and there. It's not like nobody would know."

As long as they're watching you and there isn't a huge risk that it will abrupt and the two of you will bleed to death, I don't see why you can't hold off.
However, if you made it to 35 weeks that wouldn't be the worst thing ever especially considering you have had the shots.
Continuing to keep you and baby in my thoughts.

Quoting Two Princesses:" As long as they're watching you and there isn't a huge risk that it will abrupt and the two of you ... [snip!] ... wouldn't be the worst thing ever especially considering you have had the shots. Continuing to keep you and baby in my thoughts."

He also has thickened heart walls, they don't know the reason but it will affect his breathing no matter when he's born. The longer he stays in the better because of that.
The abruption isn't the reason they want to induce, it's the ruptured sac. Only thing *I* am worried about is it tearing away more during labor and having to be rushed to a c section. Obviously nobody knows if that will happen or not but I know it does happen and just wanted to know how common it is in cases where it's already partially abrupted.

Quoting Will☮Creedence:" He also has thickened heart walls, they don't know the reason but it will affect his breathing no ... [snip!] ... or not but I know it does happen and just wanted to know how common it is in cases where it's already partially abrupted."

I have a couple of theories about why my placenta abrupted during last pregnancy, either it was some complication from the vanishing twin or it had to do with the early dilation/cerclage placement around 12 weeks while i had placenta previa. The 3rd option is that it had something to do with the suspected infection we were getting from pPROM. It could have been any combination of those too.

Anyway, when i started having full blown contractions at the end, things changed pretty quickly and it was very obvious something was wrong. His heartrate went nuts. I got a fever. There was that weird pain that was like contractions, but not.


I don't think there was any real way to predict that it was going to end up like that. It just happened and I was lucky enough to have some of the top dr's in the area watching me closely anyway and a high level NICU upstairs when I delivered.

*If* a situation happens where they decide a c-section is necessary, it's not normally something that's much of a choice. Something goes wrong with labor and then everyone just does what they need to do to make sure the baby is safe.

Yes there are doctors who are lazy and schedule c-sections instead of trying,etc, but that's not what's going on with high risk pregnancies. High risk pregnancies are always balanced on this invisible line where one step to the right and it's less safe to stay pregnant than to deliver. A good high risk dr will know where that line is and do everything in their power to make sure that baby is here safely.

I had a complete abruption at 33 weeks which needed an immediate c-section because I was bleeding to death. But a friend of mine went to PA to visit her family and started to bleed. They put her in the hospital up there and said she had a partial abruption. They kept her there for a month (until she was 35 weeks) and she had to have a c-section.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Summerfrost:</b>" I have a couple of theories about why my placenta abrupted during last pregnancy, either it was some ... [snip!] ... A good high risk dr will know where that line is and do everything in their power to make sure that baby is here safely. "</blockquote>


I'm not against a c section if necessary, and everybody knows that. I'm worried that the induction will throw baby into distress or cause the placenta to tear away more which will in turn cause an emergency c section. I don't want a c section, that's why I want to stay pregnant longer to give my body more of a chance to do its job and lessen the risk of a c section.

<blockquote><b>Quoting willoughfam:</b>" I had a complete abruption at 33 weeks which needed an immediate c-section because I was bleeding to ... [snip!] ... and said she had a partial abruption. They kept her there for a month (until she was 35 weeks) and she had to have a c-section."</blockquote>


Why did she have to have a c section?