Up Close and Personal

Like many of you, I had only heard of placental abruption (when the placenta tears away) in the second and third trimesters. When my midwife diagnosed me with this at 10 weeks, I did what all pregnant Mamas do. Opened up my search engine, and called friends who had been pregnant, miscarried, or were "in the know."

Just as a point of information, the placenta is an organ that is created during pregnancy, and acts as a go-between for me and the baby. It provides all the nutrients for the baby for the entire forty weeks, and in a few more weeks will completely take over hormone regulation so I can stop feeling like I have the stomach flu. It is so amazing, that in many cultures, the new mother eats it after birth. Our modern take on this is encapsulation, which I think is gross. Point of clarification: I don't think encapsulation is gross....I think eating it in any way is gross. MOVING on...

Part of this can tear away, causing a significant amount of bleeding, and it will die. My placenta will continue to grow normally, and will continue to (with God's Grace) sustain a healthy pregnancy for the next 29 weeks. If I am very good with the bedrest thing (I have one more week), and have no more bleeding, I can gradually resume normal activities, like getting up and walking around for more than necessary things. Probably not picking up my kids. 

I do NOT have to worry about developmental delays at this point. That only becomes a concern when a fourth or a third of the placenta abrupts. At this point, I don't even have to worry about low birth weight. My Midwife had a mother who was on bedrest for a more severe abruption, and delivered a 9 pound baby. Charlotte herself was on bedrest until week 17, and delivered a perfectly healthy baby boy.

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