Placental abruption

Breast milk is the best possible nutrition for your baby. Close contact with your baby – skin-to-skin bonding – not just in the first few hours of life, is the first step towards successful breastfeeding.

Heavier bleeding before and during labour may be a sign of placental abruption. This condition poses an immediate threat to both the baby and the mother. Unless labour is in its final stages, the condition usually requires an emergency caesarean section.