Preterm Placental Calcification in a Patient with Major Placenta Praevia and Lactation with Successful Fetal Outcome: A Case Report

Abstract

Placental calcification is a physiological ageing process in term pregnancy and a common pathological change in preterm pregnancy. When it occurs before 36 weeks of pregnancy it could serve as a clue for poor fetal outcome. We report a 34- year old G₄P₀⁺³ admitted at a gestational age of 30weeks and 5days with antepartum haemorrhage secondary to major placenta praevia and preterm placenta calcification who started lactating at the gestational age of 34weeks and subsequently had an elective caesarean section at 35 weeks. She was delivered of a female neonate with a birth weight of 1.95Kg and an APGAR score of 7 at one minute and 8 at five minutes of life. Baby was observed at the neonatal intensive care unit but later developed neonatal jaundice on the third day of life which was managed successfully with phototherapy and was discharged home on the 10^th day of life with a birth weight of 2.0Kg.