![Illustration of placentas (and truncated umbilical cords), showing the difference between normal and abnormal placental implantation with differing degrees of accreta; look at the light red areas where the placenta touches the uterus to see the difference Image from Wikimedia Commons](https://stg.ican-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/degress-illustration-320x260.png)
areas where the placenta touches the uterus to see the difference
Image from Wikimedia Commons
“Placenta accreta is an extremely serious complication that is becoming all too common. A casual attitude towards cesareans, an over-utilization of them in low-risk mothers, and a lack of access to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) is part of the cause.
This is yet another reason why reducing the cesarean rate and keeping access to VBAC is so important.”
. . . Read the whole article over at WellRoundedMama.Blogspot.com.
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Read about ICAN’s Accreta Awareness Month.