Illustration showing a partial placental presentation with (top) the membranes unruptured and (bottom) the membranes broken. In this condition, known as placenta previa, the mother may fatally hemorrhage before giving birth. Woodcut engraving, 1841. Placenta previa occurs when a baby's placenta partially or totally covers the opening in the mother's cervix. It can cause severe bleeding before or during delivery.

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