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Council proclaims Placenta Accreta Awareness Month; personal testimony urges blood‑donation awareness
Summary
Fort Myers declared October Placenta Accreta Awareness Month; a local mother and an OB‑GYN spoke about rising incidence and the need for medical readiness and blood donations.
Mayor Kevin B. Anderson read a proclamation designating October as Placenta Accreta Awareness Month. Rebecca Barney, who said she is a mother of four and experienced placenta accreta, described the risks and urged greater public awareness and blood donations to support obstetric care.
Barney said that she had not heard of the condition earlier in her pregnancies and that the risk grows with repeat cesarean sections; she said, "No mother should ever die giving birth." She introduced Dr. Antoine, who explained the condition to the council and stressed education for clinicians and the public. In describing the condition, the physician said, "Placenta is the after birth. Placenta equita means that this placenta who comes out spontaneously after childbirth remains attached firmly to the site of a skull of a previous cesarean section."
The council adopted the proclamation; speakers emphasized the use of blood supplies for obstetric hemorrhage and the need for awareness and specialized surgical planning to reduce maternal mortality.
