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• Placenta previa (placenta covers the cervix, the opening to the womb), placental abruption (placenta detaches partially or completely before the birth), and placenta accreta, (placenta grows into the uterine muscle and sometimes through the uterus, invading other organs), all of which increase the risk for severe hemorrhage and are potentially life-threatening complications for mother and baby.17,28,85

The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

• Higher rates of the potentially life-threatening conditions of placenta previa, placenta accreta, placental abruption, and ectopic pregnancy

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Higher rates of the potentially life-threatening conditions of placenta previa, placenta accreta, placental abruption, and ectopic pregnancy

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

The five justices in the majority in Gonzales have put at risk the health of women who suffer from heart disease, uterine scarring, bleeding disorders, compromised immune systems, and certain pregnancy-related conditions, such as placenta previa and accreta, as well as those women carrying fetuses with certain abnormalities, such as severe hydocephalus.

Geoffrey R. Stone: Our Faith-Based Justices 2008

These abnormalities in attachment of the placenta are called placenta accreta, placenta increta, and placenta percreta, depending on the depth of invasion of the uterine wall.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Placenta accreta, the most common of these serious complications, is becoming more common and now is discovered in about one in every twenty-five hundred births.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Placenta accreta, the most common of these serious complications, is becoming more common and now is discovered in about one in every twenty-five hundred births.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

These abnormalities in attachment of the placenta are called placenta accreta, placenta increta, and placenta percreta, depending on the depth of invasion of the uterine wall.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

D'ALTON: The main reason that we're concerned about it is, with increasing number of caesarean deliveries, there is -- it leads to placenta complications, a condition called placenta accreta that can be life-threatening.

CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2006 2006

She strode past the stove, which had gathered new accreta during the night and looked in the cloudy mirror as though searching for a misplaced thought.

Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940