The most dangerous weeks for a spherical placenta

Generally speaking, a racquetted placenta during pregnancy is not dangerous and has little effect on fetal development. Normally, the umbilical cord grows in the central or near central part of the placenta, while spherical placenta refers to the attachment of the umbilical cord to the edge of the placenta, resembling a racket shape. However, during delivery, we need to pay attention to the fact that if the cord is attached to the placenta just above the cervical opening, the fetus may enter the birth canal and press on the cord, which may affect the blood supply to the fetus and lead to intrauterine hypoxia, which may even endanger the life of the fetus. In this case, the risk increases the closer to the due date, and it is more dangerous at about 40 weeks. However, the incidence of spherical placenta is clinically low, and most of them are detected during the examination of the placenta after delivery. Therefore, once the presence of the globus pellucidus is detected, the pregnant woman should pay attention to fetal heart monitoring during labor. Once the abnormal fetal heartbeat is detected, cesarean section should be changed in time to avoid delivery accidents.