My first Pregnancy: My first pregnancy went smoothly. I carried my baby girl to nearly 40 weeks and delivered a healthy child with a C-section. Other than gestational diabetes—which is quite common in pregnancy—I didn’t face any critical issues. At that time, I didn’t even know terms like placenta previa, high-risk pregnancy, or the different placental positions. Later, I knew that my first pregnancy resulted in a posterior placenta.

My second pregnancy: Placenta previa was a vague term to me—I had never heard of it until I was 20 weeks into my second pregnancy and suddenly experienced heavy bleeding. I feared I was having a miscarriage. My husband and I rushed to the hospital, terrified. That was the first time I heard the term "placenta previa." I was shocked. How could my baby still be okay while I was bleeding?

The bleeding became a recurring event, happening once a month, and sometimes even twice. The doctors explained that if it happened three or four times, I would need to be admitted to the hospital until delivery. I desperately searched for answers, trying to understand what was happening to my body. 

I was scared and deeply worried about my baby's survival and long-term health. I spent many weekends in the hospital. Eventually, the gynecologist moved my delivery date from May 24 to April 24. After another bleeding episode, I was admitted to the hospital about six weeks before my new due date. The medical team monitored me and the baby closely, and they shifted me from the emergency room to a normal patient room until the baby was born. I was put on strict bed rest. Thankfully, my baby remained in the womb longer than anyone had expected.

After 28 weeks, the doctors finally said I was no longer in the high-risk zone and encouraged me to start walking again. But on April 11, while I was happily having dinner, the bleeding returned—this time, heavier than ever. I was rushed in for an emergency C-section and delivered a healthy baby boy at 33 weeks and 5 days. He spent 10 days in the NICU and is now a healthy, thriving two-year-old.

Many people now say that conditions like placenta previa are becoming more common, possibly due to environmental factors, vaccine reactions, or other reasons. Whatever the cause, we need to be better informed.