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I have not read A LOT!! on the internet on this. Personally, I don't think that anybody really knows. There seems to be many posisbilities about how this can form and everybody seems to react differently. Eg, I have had light bleeding for 3 weeks now, you saying that you haven't had any bleeding etc. I was so worried when I first found out, however I remember reading something (can't remember if it was here or another site) and they said that they felt they missed out on their whole pregnancy because they spent the whole time worrying about a mc and loosing the baby etc. That was ... (who am i kidding!)... that is me.

Do you know why your first two babies were prem? Did you have a SCH with them? If not, my guess would be that it is unreleated?? But again... I keep guessing and looking for information that I want to hear!

Good luck!

Okay guys, remember me with the 5.1 x 5.2 hematoma that hasn't bled for a month? Well, I got checked on Wednesday and it's completely gone! My body completely reabsorbed the entire thing. I didn't think that was possible. I was under the impression that I would bleed part of it and reabsorb the rest. It's a miracle for our family since I'm no longer on bedrest. Anyway, I just wanted to spread hope and encouragement. From what I've found these things turn out okay for the most part. Wishing everyone lots of luck and great pregnancies.

Yolland...I haven't had any bleeding, just one day around 7 weeks with some brown spotting when I wiped, nothing since. I did have a SCH with my first preemie, not sure of the size, it bled out at 14 weeks and ended up having him at 35 weeks. My 2nd was induced due to low fluid at 33 weeks, 5 days. I didn't have a SCH with him.

beewhyyou - Thanks for writing in with your positive outcome!! I get the feeling that once people have 'recovered' they forget to let us all know their positive stories. It is then when the newies start doing all the research that they freak themselves out with all the different stories! I freaked myself out the first two weeks of bleeding (like you a bit canadianmammalmost5 - brown blood/discharge only really when I wipe, although heavier when I first get up in the morning, but mine has been for 3 weeks now). Some of the girls wrote in about how they were remaining positive. THat is how I am trying to focus. With the lack of certainty and a clear prognosis I think that it is the only thing we can do... Let us know how you go after your next u/s. It doesn't sound like your first two deliveries were early due to the SCH? Take care of yourself and good luck!

I had a bleeding scare at 9w3d (exactly 3 weeks ago). It was as most of you describe, gush of red blood, filled 1/2 to 3/4 of a pad. It happened in the middle of the night and I was so sure I was losing the baby. I didnt even want to go for an u/s bc the bleeding was red blood and pretty heavy. But my husband pushed me to and the baby was doing so fine, heartbeat and size. :) I was so relieved. I had a hematoma 6cm x 1.5 cm. I was put on strict bedrest until it resolved and on progesterone until 12 weeks. I went back for another u/s two weeks later, and baby was doing well, doing splits w his legs and growing. Hematoma reduced to 3cm x 1 cm. I am now 12w3d (yuppie for passing 12 week mark) I am going back for another u/s next week, hopefully, the hematoma will have further reduced. I havent had red blood since that first incidence but I have been having brown spotting for this entire period which is so nerve wracking and I cant wait for it to stop. I think I am doing Ok but psychologically, I havent really been able to enjoy the pregnancy fully except a few days after my ultrasounds and then the worry restrats. I try to think positive but I sometimes find I get so so worried.

I promise I will be back to update on how things are going. You are all very right that people post when this happens to them and then forget to post how things turned out. It is very reassuring to hear good stories w/ similar conditions.

I had a SCH with my last pregnacy. I fell really had at about 2 before my cycle was due. At 34 days I took a test and it was postivie. Well 35 day I started bleeding bright red blood with no clots. I thougth great I am miscarring again. (I had four after child number6) Well the bleeding lasted nine days. NO clots no brown. At two weeks i bought a pg test and thought it's ovulation time let's take a test. And it came back postive. After I picked up my jaw from the bathroom floor. I called my OB for the blood work and got started on Progestrone 100mg twice a day. I bled again and had an U/S and baby was fine. Dr. couldn't see why I was bleeding. It turned to brown and stopped and about 3-4 days later bled again. Oncall dr. show the hematoma. Long pregnacy story short. I bled at 6 wks, 6wks, 8wks, 12wks, 16wks, 19.5 weeks. 18 week u/s showed i was placenta preveria. No more bleeding after 19 wks. I read it usually clears up by 20 weeks. At 35 wks hubby tried to set garage on fire, accidnetly, while running for napping kids and phone, I fell on my side. I did contract a little after but no side affects. I tried to have baby VBAC but couldn't due to my placenta detaching, (which I think was from the SCH and fall.) But also they found that I had what was could Brandy's Belt. My uterus was squeezing itself shut right in the middle and not letting baby come out. So to you I say relax and don't lift anything heavy. I did bleed after sex one time. So take it easy. (That didn't come out right) My baby boy is now 5 months and very healthy. It was a scary pregnacy though.
Pray to Saint Gerard to help guide you. He is the Patron Saint of expecting mother's.
By the way you have the right to worry. It is your and your babies bodies to worry about.

My wife is nearly 14 weeks 5 days pregnant and she has been bleeding heavily the past 2 weeks. She was diagnosed with a subchorionic hematoma yesterday - they
could find pools of blood below the uterus. Usually there is one clot but it looks like she had several
layers. She has had 3 heavy bleeding episodes in the past 2 weeks and has spotted throughout this time.

We have had repeated ultrasounds - every one of which shows the baby growing fine with strong heartbeat.

She is taking bedrest now (only time she gets up is
to go to the bathroom). Every time she wipes, there is some blood.

We are very worried. What do we do? Any advice, stories. Have you bled for this long and went
on to deliver healthy babies ? As a husband, what can
I do to help her? I wish I could take away her pain
and worries, I feel helpless.

Hello Palki! I use to come on here all the time while pregnant with my first baby in 2006/2007. Now I have a 2 1/2 year old baby girl named Julia. I have actualy had subchronioc hematoma twice. 1st time was painless and bled from 6 weeks to 12 weeks and stopped. I had Kaiser and they never put me on bedrest and told me it was okay to continue with normal activity. My doc said if its a good healthy baby they'll hang in there. Now Im pregnant again (10 weeks) and at 7 weeks i seriously thought I was going to have misscarrige. I started cramping and bleeding real bad. I got a hot flash left work and went straight to my doctors. This was 8/21/2009 just 3 days after I found out I was pregnant. They told me I had SCH and put me on strict bedrest for two weeks. I got off bedrest on 9/4/2009 and another appt on the 9th. The hematoma did not go away actually just shifted. I have another appt on the 30th for another ultrasound. All I can say is DON'T stress out. I freaked out so much my pregnancy I did not enjoy my first trimester (not sure if anyone does, and belive me I know how scarry this is for you. I feel like I'm in a good place and know that everything will be ok. I will def keep everyone posted. Good Luck!!!

Tara: Thank you so much for the response. Did you bleed
heavily during the first pregnancy or now ? Or was
it intermittent bleeding followed by spotting ?
Its the latter my wife is suffering from.

best wishes and congratulations!

Palki: Last pregnancy not so much just brown spotting. This pregnancy i thought i was having a misscarriage. I started bleeding very heavy and cramping severly. I went to my docs immediatley and thats when they diagnost me. My stomach was super sensitive for two days. Now its here and there really starting to slow down. Just bad the first week with bright red. When is her next appt?

Tara:
Her next appt is on the 22nd. Time flows so slowly when you are anxious!

Hello, I'm brand new here, and today I was diagnosed with a s/h. I had what I THOUGHT was a miscarriage on August 14th, 2009. I had severe bleeding and cramping, but only bled for 2 days. My doctor said to try and have a natural miscarriage, and to see him if I had any other problems. So, a month later, I saw him about some "post-miscarriage" symptoms I had been having, and come to find out, I never miscarried and still had the baby! This was two days ago. I had another ultrasound today and they said I had a large blood clot in my uterus. I had been spotting every other day since Sept. 1st, and everyday since this past Sunday. Sometimes its just brown, but other times its more pinkish/red. They said I'm 17 weeks along, and told me to be very careful. They want to do another u/s two weeks from now, so they can tell if it's growing or shrinking. But since I've been spotting continuously for more than two weeks, they said it's kinda scarey. What's really scarey to me is thinking about all I've been doing the past month that has probably worsened this condition. I didn't know I was still pregnant! I'm so worried. They say the baby is fine, which I'm so grateful for. And we also found it that it's a boy! We have two little girls, 2 yrs and 8 mos. I'm just looking for answers and some relief from my stress until I can see my doctor again in two weeks! I'm just really scared.

Belovey-OMG how scary for you! So you thought you misscarried the day's you bleeding heavily and cramping or during the month you didn't see you DR? Did you pass tissue? I'm surprized your DR didn't want to see you earlier. I thought you could infections from letting the fetus stay in you if you didn't pass it through or maybe I didn't understand correctly. Im sorry you had to go through all of that :(. This is my second pregnancy and 2nd time having SCH. First time was painless and just spotting for the most part. Of course I freaked out and had to see my DR all the time and probably had 5 ultrasounds by the time I was 13 weeks pregnant. I bled from 6-12wks first time. This time I seriously thought I was going to have a misscarriage and die it hurt so bad. I bled heavily for 2-3 days with severe cramping on the first day. This was 8/21/2009. I begged my Dr to let me come in and check it out. She seriously tried making me wait through the weekend till MOnday, but Im not good at the waiting game. They gave me an ultra sound and told me that everything was fine for NOW and told me I had SCH. Im 11 weeks today and still spotting brown. My next appt is on the 30th of Sept and I cant wait. What kind of things did you do that you are concerned about? I was a chronic pot smoker until I found I was pregnant (9/18/2009). I stopped, but then when I thought I was misscarrying I smoked a little on the 21st before I knew my dr would see me. I've had two other ultra sounds since then and things seem to be fine so far. Have you had sex or anything? Im going crazy and so is my boyfriend. We went from 3-4 times a week to nothing since 8/17 or 8/18 i think is the last time. I'm going to turn into the BJ queen I swear! Well Belovey I hope everything is good. Love to hear from you!

How is everyone else doing?

I meant chronic pot smoker until 8/18/2009 sorry. Haven't smoked since the 21st of august when I thought I was going to lose the baby. ALso, sorry for the grammatical errors and typos, lol.

Hello. This is my first time here. I am pregnant for the third time, no real complications with the other two. They are now 10 and 6 years old. I am now almost 34, and maybe my body isn't what it was when pregnant at 24 and 28. Well, anyway, I am 12 weeks along in a few days, diagnosed with a second SC bleed yesterday. At 8 weeks I was diagnosed with the first small one, and I was told yesterday (3 1/2 weeks later) it looked old and clotted. I found out I had another because two nights ago I woke up through the night to pee and had a gush of blood. I have spotted weekly only when I wipe from 6-12 weeks (which was usually after sex or straining for a BM), but that gush of blood freaked me out. I thought for sure I was going to miscarry. After an u/s, baby looked just fine, moving around constantly, good heartbeat. But, they found another small bleed near the cervix (the other one was more towards the top of the uterus). I feel the pain of all who write here. I just want to enjoy being pregnant, and I fear if I don't relax, that the stress will cause a miscarriage anyway. I fear going to the bathroom, waiting for another gush incident. I know I shouldn't think this way, but it is hard. I have a few questions for anyone who has some kind of explanation.

I was under the impression that SCH come from improper attachment of placenta or when the egg implanted in the uterus it didn't do so quite right. If that's the case, why would a second SCH begin at 12 weeks? Does age have anything to do with this? Also, on a different point, my baby's placenta is located in the lower right side of my uterus. I read placenta attachment higher up in the uterus is better, lower more risky. My doctor never told me that, but I read way too much I suppose :) Seems with pregnancy, all is possible, and there are a thousand exceptions to the rules. God's blessings to all who are praying to make it nine months like I am...

You know Mitzka, thats a good question about how can you be diagnosed twice within the same pregnancy. I was reading up above, maybe someone in 2005/2006 had it twice in the same pregnancy as well. I do know that it has something to do with everything attatching itself to each other, but SCH is a bruise. Maybe when the uterus or your organs are getting pushed around it may have cause another bruising. I am not a doctor nor even close Im 28 working in property management. I will be 29 when I deliver, so I am definitley guessing here. Not sure if age has anything to do with it. I was 25 when I got pregnant with my fist and had SCH.

So you've had sex? My doctor this time around told me no sex, but my first doctor told me not to limit any activity because if its a strong healthy baby it will stick around in there. Im 12 weeks pregnant tomorrow and have been spotting for several weeks now, so I know what you mean when you are afraid to go to the bathroom. I was especially like that with my first, its scary. I have my next appt on the 30th so i will keep u posted about how mine is. Good Luck and talk to you soon!!