A very good friend with high-risk issues nearly died last week in childbirth. She had placenta accreta and needed massive transfusions. Her nurse told her she could have died. She is still totally traumatized.

I of course want to be supportive, but at seven months, this is freaking me the EFF out to hear. Especially because this is not the first time this has happened to me -- months ago someone else told me their friend DID die in childbirth from accretra. While I was getting a facial!!!!

I cannot get these images out of my head. I am also delivering at a smaller hospital. My friend was told if she hadn't been at a large medical facility, she would not have made it.

Now I'm paranoid about delivering where I plan to -- a small community hospital -- although I had a perfectly fine experience the first go-round. I am not otherwise high risk (well, beyond being over 35 and having a previous c-section). My friend was.

What scares me about accreta is they often can't tell if you have it until you're delivering. SCARY!

I love my OB and at this late stage I'm not going to go scouting for someone new who is going to deliver me at a big hospital. But I'm also terrified of bleeding and not being cared for properly in light of my friend's terrible experience. WWYD?