The Persistent Placental Pathology Communication Gap
46%: The Number of Providers Who Never Check Your Placenta Results Your placenta was tested. The results were filed. Nobody called you.
Source: r/pregnant | 1.2K upvotes | ~139 comments
Post Summary
A lawyer and mother of four discovered years after delivery that placental pathology reports from two births (2021: large infarcts; 2022: fetal vascular malperfusion) showed significant abnormalities that no provider ever communicated to her. The unreported findings directly affected managemen…
