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A member asked:

Is natural birth possible when you have a low placenta and have had a c-section in 2017. i recently expirienced heavy bleeding and was hospitalised at 31 weeks pregrant.

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No: The low lying placenta with the heavy bleeding precludes any form of vaginal delivery as labor will again cause life threatening hemorrhage.

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/20/2019

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