I have a friend who has two little girls, and she had placenta previa (I believe her second was complete placenta previa) with both of them. Both times it resolved on its own. For the second she had more regular monitoring with her doctor. That's probably the way I would go (hopefully your doctor won't give you a hard time about it if s/he doesn’t suggest it), plus I would probably buy a fetal Doppler. Since you're 10 weeks, you may have a tough time finding a heartbeat on your own, but depending on how your baby is situated, you might find it without a problem. I think 12 weeks is when you should be able to find the heartbeat fairly easily, depending on the baby's position. The ladies on this board recommended picking up the Sonoline B (about $55) from fetaldoppler.net.

With this pregnancy I had bleeding issues due to a friable cervix from about 13 weeks to 20 weeks, and it scared the crap out of me! I, too, was put on pelvic rest so as not to "muddy the waters," and I made several phone calls to the on-call doctors because it seemed like I always had issues after hours. I always seemed to get the same doctor, and thankfully she didn’t think I was crazy and was awesome about calming me down. She’s not my regular doctor, but if I happen to see her at delivery or during my hospital stay, I’d like to thank her in person. If not, I am totally writing her a thank-you note!

Anyway, my first pregnancy was totally uneventful, so seeing blood absolutely terrified me and had me convinced that something was wrong. I went online and scared myself further, but it did prompt me to not self-diagnose and to get checked out. I scheduled a non-routine doctor visit ASAP, and they could see that I was visibly shaken. They took my blood pressure, and it was sky-high – which just goes to show how much of an effect stress can have on you! I asked them to take it again after the appointment (when presumably everything would be ok, which it was), and it was normal. I really needed the reassurance that everything was relatively ok, and then I felt much, much better, although I did continue to stress out somewhat about the bleeding until it stopped.

I'm now 31 weeks, and everything is apparently fine. How did I deal? I tried to stay off the internet because you rarely find anything good/reassuring there, and even if you do, the bad stuff you read will far outweigh the good. That's a sure way to scare yourself. I seriously considered buying the Doppler but had a feeling it would actually make me feel worse, especially if I happened to not be able to find the heartbeat - probably a good idea since, with the exception of my last doctor's appointment, it always took them a while to find it because the baby was moving around so much. (I think now there’s a lot less room for him/her to squirm.)

Otherwise, breathe. You have to come to terms, however that may be, with the fact that there's nothing you can do but follow your doctor's orders, and the rest is out of your hands. Stay on pelvic rest, and rest up, generally speaking, as much as you can. I am well aware of how hard that can be with a toddler! Allow those around you to do as much for you as they can so that you're not traipsing up and down the stairs with laundry baskets and chasing your little one around too much. I would start bleeding even from taking a short walk around the neighborhood (or even going #2!), so the less I did, the less I bled, and the better I felt, stress-wise. When I stressed out, my stomach would act up, and I would freak out that I was feeling cramps when it was really gastrointestinal distress due to stress.

Additionally, especially after having issues with this pregnancy, my husband and I have decided for sure that this is the last baby we are having. I am not going to go through 9 months of stressing out about every little thing again! I don't know why, but I was so easy-going about my first pregnancy (part of me was in denial, but I think the major thing is that I am much more aware this time of what I have to lose). That makes it easier for me, knowing that I just have to get through the next few months, then I can stress about all the things you stress about when you have a newborn instead of stressing about things with a baby I can’t actually see.

I know that's a lot to read (sorry!), and I know I don't/didn't have your exact issue, so my response is probably not totally comforting. However, I understand what it's like to be freaked out non-stop. That's not good for you or your baby (or anyone around you). The more you can do to relax and calm yourself down, the better. I know for a fact that it's hard, but remember that for every day and every week you progress, the chances continue to plummet for something bad happening. And sometimes have to take it one day at a time just to get by.

I wish you all the best, and please keep posting, even if it's just to vent/rant! That's probably more helpful than you think :flowerforyou:

I was going to say the same thing...9-10 weeks is very early to diagnose a placenta previa....soooo much growing occurs that most of the time (I think 95% of the time) it resolves itself and moves up as the baby and your uterus grow.

If it makes you feel any better, I had a low-lying placenta at my 16 week ultrasound but the doctor did not seem concerned and did not make me worry which I really appreciate...she just said that it would need to be checked again but that it would most likely move up, and that early it is really common for the placenta to be sitting low, and that between 16 and 20 weeks the baby would grow rapidly and it was likely the placenta would move up as well. I had another ultrasound at 24 weeks and my placenta was way up! And everything has been normal so far (I am 32 weeks now). I wasn't advised to do anything differently during that time period (I also didn't have any bleeding, so definitely if your doctor advises rest/bed rest, follow his/her advice)...but I continued exercising and it just resolved itself on its own.

Also, I second the not reading anything about it on the internet! I went home and read a ton of stuff that just scared me and stressed me out for no reason.

I had placenta previa with my first baby diagonsed on 22nd week. I was told bed rest, I did but cant say 100% bed rest. And I ended up with early elective c section at 37 weeks.

Im not telling this to discourage but my Dr made that period real trauma, I was told I may end up with hysterectomy. There are explanations about partial and complete previa on net that i read at that time. But some thing that I was told after my delivery I never read on net.

If the placenta grows into uterus and has veins going into it then u can end up to hysterectomy. If not then u are lucky. Last time I was lucky.

This time im not going back to that dr and I hope I dont have previa again.