Accreta
Awareness Month
What is it?
October is Accreta Awareness Month (AAM) and focuses attention on placenta accreta spectrum, one of the fastest growing life-threatening complications of pregnancy.
Accreta Awareness Month encourages patients, survivors, medical professionals and public health advocates to spread the word about increased rates and risk factors associated with placenta accreta, including cesarean overuse.
October is Accreta Awareness Month
Join us for our biggest event of the year: our Step Up for Accreta Virtual Step Challenge and monthlong fundraiser. Register for the 5K, create your fundraiser, make a donation and tell the world why #AccretaAwareness matters to you:
New AAM, new thank you gifts
We’ve got exciting new gear designs for our top fundraisers and donors in honor of AAM. Learn how to get yours and be a 2025 Accreta Awareness Champion.
Things You Can Do for Accreta Awareness Month:
Use our free campaign toolkit to become a social media champion. It includes NAF prepared profile photo frames, cover photos, and sample social media posts you can use all month across all platforms. Share NAF’s posts throughout the month and create your own. Tag National Accreta Foundation in your posts and use the campaign hashtags #1in272 and #AccretaAwareness
Write letters and send care packages. Accreta moms need our support and well wishes. Take a few minutes to make a difference for our newest community members by joining our letter writing program to send support to hospitalized accreta moms. NAF has made it easy for you to pay it forward and bring these moms some much needed encouragement.
Buy a shirt in our gear center and wear it proudly. Take a selfie wearing your gear and share it with us to be featured in our social media campaigns.
Join our Step Up for Accreta Virtual Step Challenge, create a fundraising page to join our leaderboard and share your story. Spread awareness and earn AAM fundraising prizes.
Encourage family, friends, and other accreta advocates to donate and help raise awareness. Top fundraiser is named our AAM Champion for the year!
Join our Accreta Connection peer support event: Accreta Connection Series is a safe space for both survivors and those who have recently been diagnosed with placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) to join together for support, to build coping skills, and learn mindfulness. Join us for October’s virtual Zoom meet up.
Share a Photo & Quote: We love hearing from our community and featuring you in our social media and other communications. Send us a note and tell us what accreta awareness means to you.
Add your story to our storybank: Are you interested in getting involved in placenta accreta advocacy? Add your story to our storybank to be the one National Accreta Foundation calls when we receive requests from media, researchers and health care quality improvement organizations for patient stories, speakers, and representation.
Congrats to our 2024 Accreta Awareness Champion, Amanda Suprina. Amanda’s fundraiser led the way during Accreta Awareness Month and we are grateful for her commitment to sharing her story and bringing awareness to placenta accreta.
your support can help make this the most successful #accretaawareness month ever
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