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National Accreta Foundation

Amplifying the experience of those impacted by accreta to improve quality of care & patient outcomes. Every mom deserves risk-appropriate obstetric care.

Preventing cases of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity attributable to placenta accreta means looking upstream and preventing medically unindicated c-sections. Making this a reality requires increasing awareness of accreta, advocating for moms and babies, and connecting patients & providers with resources to help improve quality of care. We are focusing our efforts in the following areas to make birth safer for all moms: Awareness, Advocacy and Resources.

10/18/2025

Talk about Accreta Awareness Month!!! 📣

Board members Kristen Terlizzi and Brianna Evans are here at the Pan-American Society for the Placenta Accreta Spectrum annual meeting at University of Toronto. NAF serves on the society’s Patient & Family committee, and thanks to our DONORS (like you!) we are a sponsor of the event. 🙌🏼

We are here representing patients and families impacted by PAS and we’re providing a patient perspective in understanding the latest medical advances and literature in the diagnosis, management and treatment of PAS. NAF Board Member Brianna Evans is representing patients & families on a panel discussion about the accreta experience and its physical and mental health impacts.

10/18/2025

Accreta Awareness Month "Step Up for Accreta" week is HERE! 🥳

Join accreta patients, survivors, providers, families, and supporters on a trail, sidewalk, or street near you to raise awareness about the need for accreta prevention and improvements to accreta treatment - from today (Oct 18) through October 26!

💚Not yet registered? Do so now! 🤚🔗https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Saratoga/AccretaAwareness5K

Registered? Make sure to setup your fundraiser. Share your story and why you're motivated to raise funds & awareness & ask for friends and family to join in your cause. Then copy and paste your link into social!

Get started and get out there this week!
https://www.preventaccreta.org/accreta-awareness
Be sure to log your steps in your profile on runsignup under "submit virtual results".
Take photos along the way and Tag us !📸

10/17/2025

Every Friday during Accreta Awareness Month we are bringing you accreta facts!

AAM Friday Fact of the day:
In addition to prior cesareans, IVF and advanced maternal age are also risk factors for accreta! 😮

Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.15493?

10/16/2025

The question that gets asked the most...⁉
"What should I know now that I am diagnosed with accreta?"

One of the biggest resources we have for those who find out they have accreta is here: https://www.preventaccreta.org/faq

❓From questions like:
How many women get it?
Will I have to have a hysterectomy?
Can I still breastfeed?
What is the mortality rate?
Will my baby be in the NICU?
Will I have the get a vertical incision?
and the list goes on.
We address all of these with the most up to date information available from every reputable resource out there.

Check it out and share with your network as we increase awareness for Accreta Awareness Month.

10/15/2025

💚 Tonight, we light a candle in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 🕯

Take a moment and read this inspiring story of how one accreta loss mom channeled her strength and resilience into running the Boston marathon after her experience.

Her story: https://www.preventaccreta.org/stephaniegoodell

10/14/2025

Check out our top fundraisers so far! 👊
We have 44 participants signed up. Who is next?!? 🫵 Starts Saturday (Oct 18)!
Anyone who fundraises over $250 gets a prize 🥳
Sign up for the step challenge, create your fundraiser, share your story on your fundraiser page and share your link. You can be as creative as you want in your awareness.

This is a chance to give back to the accreta community.

Your donations and fundraisers help us keep the patient experience and voice centered in research, education, and advocacy; they help us connect patients and survivors with resources and information like our Accreta Expert Series events; and they help connect us with one another through our online support groups and Accreta Connection peer meet-ups. We hope you’ll consider joining us this year!

Step Challenge and Fundraiser:
https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/169974/TopFundraisers

If you have donated and want to create fundraiser page, let us know and we will make it happen from your original donation.

10/13/2025

"I walk 👟for women who experienced an undiagnosed Accreta! Never alone, forever a survivor!"
-Alicia
💚

👟A small way to give back to the accreta community and move with purpose this October: https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Saratoga/AccretaAwareness5K

10/12/2025

"I wear my accreta gear for the other moms like me who’ve lost their wombs. For the moms whose babies had to be premature due to this diagnosis. For the moms who feel alone and scared in their pregnancies. They aren’t alone. We walk with them."
-Olivia F.
💚

Order gear 👕 : https://www.preventaccreta.org/gear
Participate in our fundraiser ✅ and step challenge: https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/CA/Saratoga/AccretaAwareness5K

10/11/2025

Who likes Prizes!?!? 🏆
The first two fundraising gifts for our Step Up for Accreta Challenge and Fundraiser!

We want to give you something to show our appreciation for your hard work fundraising and spreading awareness of accreta when October is over.
Haven’t signed up yet? There is still time to give back and spread awareness!
Register: https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Saratoga/AccretaAwareness5K

☕️Koozie - NAF Green Stainless Steel Vacuum Tumbler & Koozie is available as a thank you gift to those who fundraise or donate $250!

👜Tote bags - NAF Green 20L Fold Up Tote Bag + a 💳 $10 Gift Card to our gear center is available as a thank you gift to those who fundraise or donate $500

10/10/2025

First Friday Facts---> AAM Edition!
Every Friday in October, we will be bringing you the most shocking facts about Placenta Accreta Spectrum.
This Friday:
90% 😮 of accreta patients will require a blood ♥ transfusion, and 40% of those will need a massive transfusion (more than 10 units).

Source: National Library of Medicine https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21658046/

10/09/2025

We are 9 days in!
Fundraising is open the entire month of October 📣
Stepping starts Oct 18! 👟

Get in on the fun here: https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Saratoga/AccretaAwareness5K

The last two years of winners are challenging the rest of us already.
We see you Sarah and Amanda! Kara is sneaking up fast. 🥳

10/08/2025

Want to educate your circle on Placenta Accreta Spectrum?
We have put together some key messaging and some graphics for you to use to help spread awareness during the month of October (and hopefully longer). ☺️
Click the Facebook or Instagram links towards the bottom of the page to download the graphics.
Key messaging is here: https://www.preventaccreta.org/accreta-awareness-campaign

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P. O. Box 2441
Saratoga, CA
95070

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http://www.accretafoundation.org/

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