Risk of placenta accreta requires specialized care

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Dear Doctors: Can you please talk about placenta accreta? It happened to my sister, and she had serious medical issues when she had her baby. How can you know that you have it?

Does it run in families? My husband and I are ready to start our own family, but this has me scared.

Dear Reader: Let's begin with the placenta, which is a temporary organ that forms in the uterus over the cour…