How Common Is Placental Abruption?
Abruption is a common complication of pregnancy. About one in 20 pregnant women probably have small abruptions, but these are so small that they don’t affect the mother or her baby. In fact, doctors rarely know that these abruptions happen. About one in 120 pregnant women who deliver has a larger abruption, and about one in 800 has an abruption so severe that the baby cannot survive.
