What Is A Retained Placenta? Everything You Need To Know About

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What Is A Retained Placenta? Everything You Need
To Know About
The placenta during pregnancy is the most
essential organ for foetal development. It
provides all-essential nutrients and oxygen to
the baby in the womb to help them grow. It also
removes waste products to create a safe
environment for the baby inside the womb. Did
you know that the placenta undergoes several
complications like placenta accreta, previa, and
retained placenta?
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What Is A Retained Placenta?
When you are close to your due date, you would
have to go through the three different stages of
labour. In the first stage, the labour
contractions begin indicating you are ready to
deliver the baby. The second stage of labour
occurs, once you have given birth to your baby.
In the final stage, the placenta is delivered. It
takes 30 minutes for the placenta to deliver
after the vaginal and C section delivery of the
baby. However, sometimes just a part or the whole
placenta remains inside. That is known as the
retained placenta.
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What Are The Causes Of The Retained Placenta?

• Retained placenta is a rare problem. This most
  commonly takes place after the vaginal
  delivery. Around 1 to 3 of you may be at risk
  for a retained placenta. The following risk
  factors may increase the chances of causing a
  retained placenta. And the risk factors include
• Your age. You may be more than 30 years old.
• If you had health conditions like gestational
  hypertension and diabetes.
• If you had fibroids during pregnancy.
• If a premature baby was born to you earlier.
• If you gave birth to your baby through an
  emergency C Section.
• If you were pregnant with twins.
• If the placenta separates from the uterus, it
  remains trapped behind the cervix completely or
  partially. This condition is also known as a
  trapped placenta.
• If the placenta is attached to the wall of the
  womb, either fully or partly. A condition known
  as Adherent Placenta.
• If the labour contractions at the time of
  childbirth are inadequate.
• If the placenta enters the uterine cavity fully
  through the myometrium (the outer layer of the
  uterus that houses the muscle cells). This
  condition is also known as the Placenta percreta.
• If your first and second stages of labour are
  prolonged (last for more than 14 hours).
• In addition to this, delivering a stillborn baby
  can result in a retained placenta.

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What Are The Symptoms Of The Retained Placenta?

• All said and done, the aftermath of a retained
  placenta would be severe bleeding as well as
  infection which is also primarily known as
  postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)).
• The other retained placenta symptoms include
• Suffering from fever.
• Feeling cold and sick.
• Vaginal discharge with a foul smell.
• The vagina discharges large pieces of tissue.
• Persistent intense pain.

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How Is It Treated?

• Removing the placenta is the most crucial
  procedure of childbirth. As, before the treatment
  of the retained placenta, your healthcare
  provider should know everything about your health
  history. After childbirth, your healthcare
  provider will check the remains of the placenta
  inside the uterus through an ultrasound scan. At
  the same time, the doctor will also check whether
  you have the signs and symptoms of retained
  placenta. In this case, your healthcare provider
  may opt for complete placenta removal. Your
  doctor may alternately remove the missing parts.
• Here is how
• The healthcare provider may remove the placenta
  manually. But in this case, you might be at an
  increased risk of infection.
• The healthcare provider may give you medicines to
  relax the uterus before contractions take place.
  This can further help in placental removal.
• Sometimes full bladder can be a cause of
  hindrance. Simply urinating properly (emptying
  your bladder) and massaging the uterus may help
  in delivering the placenta.
• If none of the above-mentioned retained placenta
  treatment options help, your healthcare provider
  may use surgical procedures to remove the missing
  parts. In that case, surgery would be the last
  option to resort to. After all, it is not that
  you would not have a healthy pregnancy and
  delivery.
• If you had planned to bank your babys cord
  blood before your delivery, inform your cord
  blood bank, which will help you to collect the
  blood immediately for further processing and
  banking.

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