Circumvallate placenta - Experiences?

[Karin1984]

Hi all,

One of my best friends is pregnant with her first child. Last week her doctor referred her to the hospital for an extra ultrasound , because she had some doubts about how the placenta looked.
Today was that ultrasound. The baby is doing well, growing like it should, all bits and pieces are there. Only they did tell her she has a circumvallate placenta.

What I read online, the biggest risk is for the baby to be born too early. I know Google is a terrible thing with medical conditions, always scaring you way more than necessary. Anyone here who has experience with this kind of placenta? Any comforting words or advice; besides, do not Google?

I've already been assigned to become the Disney-"aunt" for this new arrival. It'll be up to me to take the child to the parks and take care of Disney knowledge ;-)

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I had a different type of placental problem (accreta), but we didn’t know it until after the birth. (Extenuating circumstances; fortunately ultimately ok.)

My mother had also twice had placental problems (abruption) - the first time, she didn’t know (and the outcome wasn’t good), but the second time, she did - that was with my birth, and I’m here so they knew what to watch out for and did a CSection right away.

IME now that they’re aware of this issue with your friend’s pregnancy, she will be watched really carefully and maybe sent to a specialist in order to give her baby the best chance of a good outcome. Medical care is so advanced today, it’s good we live in this day and age! She will probably be pretty worried, though, for the remainder of her pregnancy, unfortunately.

Sending prayers her way for a safe journey.