How to Treat Placental Insufficiency

A placenta is the organ that develops in a pregnant woman to deliver oxygen and nutrition to the baby. Placental insufficiency, or placental dysfunction, is a complication in which areas within or around the placenta grow abnormally. This can stop a baby from growing or result in fetal death. Here's how to treat placental insufficiency.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Prenatal pills
• Herbs such as fructus rubi, lycii or amomi

1. Get monitored. Be sure to get good prenatal care. Placental insufficiency will most likely not be life threatening to a pregnant mother. However, lack of appropriate medical care could spell disaster for an unborn baby. Talk to your doctor or medical caregiver about the effect of prenatal pills on chronic placental insufficiency.
2. Avoid drugs. Stimulants found in some anxiety medications or antidepressants might induce further placental complications. Stay away from drugs like Cymbalta and Adderall, for example. Combining two such drugs together can increase birth defects, as well.
3. Get therapy. One way to help treat placental insufficiency is to try therapy while you are pregnant. This may increase uteral stimilation. Transcutaneous Electric Stimulation (TNS) therapy is a painless form of electric therapy.
4. Seek alternatives. There may be alternative remedies to treat placental insufficiency. Speak with an herb doctor. Herbs such as fructus rubi, lycii and amomi may help treat placental insufficiency. Be sure to use these as a complement to traditional medicine, if you can. They are not intended to work alone as a cure.

Tips & Warnings

• Multiple pregnancies and high blood pressure may contribute to placental insufficiency.
• Drugs like Zoloft, Luvox and Celexa may increase the likelihood of getting placental insufficiency.