O45.0: Premature separation of placenta with coagulation defect

The uterus or womb sits in the pelvis and is pear-shaped. The narrower part extends downward into the vagina and is called the cervix. When a woman is pregnant, the child grows in her uterus. The placenta forms in the mother’s womb during pregnancy. The placenta consists of cells from the mother and cells from the unborn child. The placenta supplies the unborn child with nutrients and oxygen via the umbilical cord.

The placenta normally becomes detached as afterbirth after the child has been born. If the placenta becomes detached too soon, it happens before the child is born. As a result, the child may no longer be supplied with sufficient oxygen and nutrients. A lot of blood can be lost, too.

When the placenta became detached, there was a disorder in your blood clotting. A blood clotting disorder may also occur after the placenta has become detached, if a lot of blood was lost as a result. When you bleed, after a while the blood usually clots by itself. Platelets and various clotting proteins in the blood are involved in blood clotting. The platelets can adhere to one another in such a way that they stop a bleed. The clotting proteins stabilize the platelets that have stuck together. This enables wounds to heal, for example. When there is a blood clotting disorder, the bleeding is heavier or for longer than usual, for example.