Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used ...

This serious pregnancy condition happens when the placenta attaches too deeply into the uterine wall. Experts explain causes, symptoms, and treatment. During pregnancy, the placenta typically attaches ...

Now that the star is considering baby number three, here are all the facts about this potentially serious — but rare — condition A version of this article originally appeared on Health.com. You aren’t ...

The news hit Margarita Saavedra so hard that she fainted in her doctor’s office. Eighteen weeks into her pregnancy, an ultrasound found the fetus could not survive because of a deadly birth defect.

In 2009, Dr. Maya Adam, found herself unexpectedly pregnant with her third child. The then-36-year-old and her husband, Lawrence Seeff, were surprised, but thrilled. Although her two previous ...

Maternal deaths in childbirth are on the rise in the U.S. since 1999. April 18, 2011— -- Barbara George nearly hemorrhaged to death while doctors delivered her fifth child at Hackensack Medical ...

The placenta is an astonishing organ; it is, after all, essential for growing healthy babies. However, in my last pregnancy, the very thing that was giving my daughter life was also something that was ...

Q: Can you please talk about placenta accreta? It happened to my sister, and she had serious medical issues when she had her baby. How can you know that you have it? Does it run in families? My ...

"Placenta abnormalities can be serious, life-threatening medical obstetrical complications," Dr. Michael Krychman, Sexual Medicine Gynecologist, Executive Director of the Southern California Center ...

Reviewed by Dr. Catherine Shaffer, Ph.D. The placenta is usually attached to the wall of the uterus. It grows in the uterus and supplies oxygen and food to the baby via umbilical cord. The placenta ...