Pregnancy Uncut
Pregnancy Uncut
Dr Alex Umbers and Dr Kara Thompson
S4 Ep5. Stuck: A story of invasive placenta accreta and caesarean-hysterectomy
32 minutes Posted Jul 21, 2022 at 3:00 am.
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Leonie’s son Max was growing small and was in a breech presentation throughout her entire first pregnancy. When his heart rate dropped during monitoring at the 35 week mark, Leonie was whisked into an emergency caesarean birth. Leonie hoped for a vaginal birth after caesarean for her second son, but it wasn’t to be. After two caesarean births and an operation to treat a uterine septum and secondary infertility, Leonie was thrilled to be pregnant with her third son. But at the 20 week mark, he...