Placenta on the anterior wall of the uterus: the norm or pathology?

The placenta is an important organ that forms and develops only during pregnancy. The placenta is a kind of connecting element between mother and baby. Through this important organ the child receives oxygen and nutrients. The baby receives antibodies, as well as hormones that are responsible for the safety of pregnancy and the normal development of an unborn baby.

Formation of the placenta begins a week after fertilization, and after childbirth for half an hour she leaves the uterus, performing all her functions.

Many pregnant women are interested in the question of the correct location of this organ. Usually, the placenta is located along the front wall or posterior, closer to the bottom of the uterus. This arrangement ensures the safety of this body and the performance of its necessary function.

The location of the placenta depends on where the fertilized egg will be attached after conception. You can find out the placentation by means of ultrasound.

The position of the placenta in the uterus can be as follows:

- the placenta along the front wall;

- the placenta on the back wall;

- the placenta in the region of the uterine fundus;

- The placenta in the side wall area.

All of the above items are normal and do not pose any threat to both the mother and the fetus.

The placenta along the anterior wall can be a threat only in the case of surgical delivery (caesarean section). This is due to an increased risk of possible bleeding. The placenta along the anterior wall of the uterus can be located exactly in the place where the doctor needs to make a cut to extract the baby.

If you have a cesarean section, and you have anterior placenta, you should not worry in advance. Surgeons will take all necessary steps to reduce the risk, and in case of bleeding, they will be able to stop it quickly.

In some cases, abnormal (abnormal) attachment of the placenta is possible.

Low position of the placenta is a pathology in which the connecting organ between the mother and the fetus is located at a level of six centimeters or less from the inner throat of the neck. It does not matter where the placenta is: along the front wall, along the side or on the back. The distance to the cervix plays a role. In most cases, the low location of the placenta does not carry a threat, since with the growth of the abdomen it moves higher to the bottom of the uterus.

Placenta previa is an arrangement in which the inner pharynx overlaps (partially or completely). Three types of presentation are divided: marginal, lateral and complete.

In the marginal presentation, the placenta covers the inner surface of the cervix by no more than one third, with the lateral presentation - by two thirds, and at full - completely. It does not matter whether the placenta is located on the front wall of the uterus, along the lateral or posterior.

Among the complications that are present with such a diagnosis as presentation, you can identify the most formidable: fetoplacental insufficiency, which leads to a delay in prenatal development, the risk of bleeding, especially at a period of 28-32 weeks, when the activity of the uterus increases, the threat of pregnancy disruption. Often when the placenta previa, the fetal position in the uterus is irregular (transverse, oblique).

With full presentation of the woman in labor, a planned cesarean section is performed at the term of 38 weeks of pregnancy. If there is a marginal or lateral presentation, the pregnant woman can give birth alone, if such a decision is made by the doctor after the examination. In this case, in case of independent birth, an early bladder opening is shown, as well as complete operational readiness in case of unforeseen circumstances.

If the placenta is located on the front wall of the uterus, lateral or posterior, closer to the bottom of the uterus, then this is the norm. Such a pregnant woman can bear and bear a child on her own. If you have a low position of the placenta or its presentation, you need constant monitoring and supervision by the attending physician, who will be able to make an adequate decision in the issue of delivery.