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What can prevention of future deaths reports teach us about maternal safety?

“When a mother or baby dies in childbirth, the coroner will sometimes write a prevention of future deaths report. An analysis of these can provide valuable information about what is going wrong in maternity services, Sarah Jewell explains

What is placenta accreta spectrum - and why aren’t women being told about it?

“My pregnancy started off normally, but at eight weeks, and then at 16 weeks, I had heavy bleeding and I started panicking.” Chloe Robinson, 34, was scanned and told her placenta was lying really low in her uterus and this was causing the bleeding. She felt reassured and despite the fact she continued to bleed intermittently Chloe was left unaware for the rest of her pregnancy that she actually had placenta accreta spectrum (PAS).