Placenta previa may sound concerning, and you may even wonder whether it can go away on its own. The good thing is that it ...

When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...

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Placenta previa is when the placenta partially or fully covers the cervix, which causes bleeding. Placenta previa has no treatment, but you can reduce bleeding by avoiding strenuous activity. Risk ...

“It didn’t hit me that this could potentially be problematic,” Courtney Nowak, of Staten Island, NY remembers thinking. She had just had a routine sonogram at 13 weeks and her doctor had drawn her a ...

Of whether placenta complications are genetic, OB/GYN Dr. Mary Jane Minkin tells PEOPLE, "The answer is we really don't know" PEOPLE, Music Writer and Reporter While placental abruption and placenta ...

Pregnant women with a potentially deadly complication could be helped by a procedure that involves tiny balloons, new research suggests. For women with the conditions placenta previa and placenta ...

Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy can come from multiple places, including the uterus, placenta, or the cervix, Jacqueline Hairston, MD, assistant professor and maternal-fetal medicine physician at ...

If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect it. Get the facts about this important organ that joins the mother and baby. What does the placenta do? The ...

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually ...

Update: A source tells us, "As someone who knows and works with Marcia Cross, I assure you that ridiculous National Enquirer story is complete b.s.!!! She and her babies are completely fine." ...

Actress Jenny Mollen is getting a lot of attention for a nude pregnancy selfie she posted on Instagram on Thursday. But what she wrote in the caption is even more revealing. “Wanna make out and talk ...