Vasa previa is an extremely rare, but severe, complication of pregnancy. In vasa previa, some fetal umbilical cord blood vessels run across or very close to the internal opening of the cervix. These ...

What happens if you experience bleeding during pregnancy but don’t experience any pain? Be alert, it could be a sign of vasa previa. Vasa previa is a condition in which the fetus’s blood vessels are ...

Ruptured vasa previa is rare but usually catastrophic if delivery is not imminent. We present a case of ruptured vasa previa in velamentous cord insertion placenta. The fetus survived despite 6 h of a ...

Vasa previa is a rare but potentially life-threatening obstetric condition in which unprotected fetal vessels traverse the membranes across or near the cervical os. Early recognition in the second ...

A fetal surgeon successfully treated in utero a rare but potentially devastating prenatal condition, which, if undetected, is frequently deadly for newborns. A University of South Florida fetal ...

The umbilical cord is a three-vessel cord that provides nutrients and oxygen to your baby while they're in the uterus. Usually, the cord doesn’t have any issues, but there are several conditions that ...

About 27 weeks into her pregnancy, Marisa Resendez had a decision to make. She’d been diagnosed with vasa previa, the dangerous placement of fetal blood vessels near the cervix. “If my water broke or ...

Velamentous cord insertion is a rare pregnancy complication in which a fetus's umbilical cord doesn't properly connect to the placenta. The placenta is a unique organ that develops when you're ...

The deaths of up to 25 babies a year could be prevented through the introduction of routine screening of pregnant women for a rare complication in pregnancy called vasa previa, Minister for Health ...