Question 1

can stretching to much cause a placental abruption?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: If your stretching is putting a lot of pressure on your abdomen (and uterus) you could potentially cause a problem such as a placental abruption.  Normal stretching is unlikely to be harmful in any way to the preganancy.

Question 2

can smoking cause a placental abruption?

Accepted Answer

Doesnt help: Not by itself but does raise risk.

Question 3

can aeroplane cause placental abruption ?

Accepted Answer

Not unless it crashe: There is no evidence that air travel causes placental abruption. 
Trauma can cause placental abruption, but most cases are related to hypertension/preeclampsia or are idiopathic (unknown cause).

Question 4

could having  lupus lead to a placental abruption?

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Absolutely.: Sle can lead to vascilitis that impacts all the body including the placental implantation site. Rarely, thsi leads to placental abruption and severe pregnancy complications.
Alternatively, sle can cause autoantibodies to the platelets and cause widespread clotting in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; this is very rare but clearly causes fetal death from abruption and recurrent pregnancy loss.

Question 5

can running cause placental abruption?

Accepted Answer

No: Running does not cause placental abruption. Ever. So what does cause abruptions? Abdominal trauma (falling, car accidents, etc), high blood pressure, cocaine use, and other reasons we may not fully understand. If you are doing activities, wear good shoes and be careful as your balance is off during pregnancy.

Question 6

what is the treatment for placental abruption?

Accepted Answer

Usually delivery: While you can try to control bleeding and hypertension (eclamsia) in general, delivery is going to be the only true control of the problem.

Question 7

what is the best way  to prevent a placental abruption?

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Avoid abdomen injury: Avoid blows to the abdomen when pregnant. Even though the fetus is contained in a great "shock absorbing fluid"(amniotic fluid), sudden severe blows to the abdomen have been known to cause placental abruption. Please wear a seat belt when driving a vehicle even if one has to place a pillow in front of the abdomen for comfort.

Question 8

can you tell me about pregnancy after placental abruption?

Accepted Answer

Depends on extent: severe placental abruption may terminate the pregnancy.
Small area of abruption may not be a big deal. the health and progression of the pregnancy depends on may factors including the underlying reason for abruption

Question 9

is there any relation between placental abruption and icsi ?

Accepted Answer

No: While there are a number of interesting outcome-associations with various forms of assisted-reproductive technologies, there is not an established/known increase in the rate of placental abruption following icsi.

Question 10

what are the chances of prolapsed cord or placental abruption?

Accepted Answer

Incidence of : Umbilical Cord Prolapse is 1.4 -6.2/ 1000 pregnancies. Frequency of placental abruption is 1% &amp; abruption with fetal death, 0.12%. Risk of a 2nd  abruption is 4-12%; of a 3rd, 25%. There's a 40% ^ in risk of abruption for each year a woman has smoked tobacco prior to pregnancy + a higher risk of fetal demise if abruption occurs in smokers. Cocaine use ^es risk up to 35%.

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