Tori Bowie s death is a stark reminder of the U.S. s failing maternal health system. Black women in the U.S. face a maternal mortality rate 2.6 times greater.
Abdulla Al-Khan, MD, vice chairman and director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Surgery Division at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center, received The First Degree of The National Golden Medal.
Best Life: Placenta accreta, saving moms and babies
Best Life: Helping moms to be with placenta accreta By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | January 22, 2021 at 6:05 AM CST - Updated January 22 at 8:32 AM
HACKENSACK, NJ (Ivanhoe Newswire) About 10,000 babies are born every day in the United States. One-third of those babies are delivered by C-section. Experts say a sharp increase in C-section deliveries over the past decade may be the top reason for the spike in pregnancy complications called placenta accreta spectrum, or PAS. Placenta accreta can cause excessive bleeding and be lethal for both mom and baby.
Four-year-old James is Elyse Lovett’s miracle. After delivering older brother William by C-section in 2014, Elyse became pregnant again a year later. This time, her baby’s placenta began growing too deeply into the uterine wall. It’s a condition called placenta accreta.