“I recently had an ultrasound at 20 weeks and was told that I have an anterior placenta.

What does that mean?”

What is an anterior placenta?

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The placenta is formed with the sole purpose of supporting your pregnancy.

The term “anterior placenta” simply refers to the location of the placenta within your uterus.

In medical terms, anterior means the front of your body and posterior means towards your back.

anterior placenta, ask heidi murkoff, pregnant woman getting ultrasound

Your practitioner might inform you of the location of your placenta during one of yourpregnancy ultrasounds.

But rest assured that both anterior and posterior placentas are completely normal during pregnancy.

How can an anterior placenta affect your pregnancy?

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Does the location of your placenta make any difference?

Not to your baby, who doesn’t care which side of the uterus she is lying on.

But what about to you or your practitioner?

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