We at Love Your Birth! would like to honor and recognize October as Accreta Awareness Month by sponsoring a blood drive in our community.
Placenta accreta is one of the fastest growing life-threatening pregnancy complications. It is a condition in which the placenta embeds too deeply into the uterus, sometimes all the way through it. It always requires a cesarean delivery, often an emergency hysterectomy, and about 7% of those with an accreta will die as a result.
1 in 272 birthing parents will experience an accreta, the most common risk factor is a previous cesarean delivery.
Accreta is not the only pregnancy condition that may require blood products though. Postpartum hemorrhage is another common complication that may necessitate a blood transfusion.
1-5% of all birthing parents will experience a postpartum hemorrhage.
Please join us in honoring all the survivors of birth complications, especially those who needed blood products, by donating blood so there is enough on hand for the next person who needs it, birthing or not.
Challenge your friends (or anyone for that matter) to a friendly competition! Who will win the battle to do the most social good for your community?
Put your virtual blood drive campaign against one or even multiple other campaigns to see who can recruit more blood donors for the American Red Cross.
