Hi everyone! I'm new to this thread, and am here as i saw Starry Night mention that there was a sch support group in another thread. Thought i would check it out, and i'm glad i did, so thank you Starry
I've not been diagnosed as having a sch, but after some research & bnb browsing, sch is the closest thing that i can pinpoint my bleeding spells to.
So, here my story so far I'm almost 10 weeks pregnant now, and have already been for 3 baby ultrasounds! At week 5 i had suspected ectopic (pain on left side) but a hospital stay & scan confirmed that baby was in my uterus, and the nurse said she was able to see fluid by my left ovary which was likely to be a ruptured corpus luteum cyst
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At week 7 i had a random bleed at my parents house - dark red blood. I had another scan which saw baby heartbeat for the first time. All was well and no bleed seen. The bleeding lessened over the course of the week.
At week 8, i woke in the middle of the night, with a horrible feeling between my legs. I knew it was blood, so i got up to go to the loo, and another 'gush' came out & into my pants before i reached the loo. Sitting down on the toilet, i was horrified to see a HUGE clot right there in my pants. It was a big mass of clotted blood, and i bled a bit more into the toilet. I got another scan the next day and i was so sure it'd be bad news. Baby heartbeat was strong, and she was growing well, and again - no bleed seen.
The bleeding lessened again over the week and turned into yucky brown old blood which was only there when i wiped. I stopped wearing pads etc.
Then at 9 weeks (last friday), i was sitting on the sofa playing on my xbox and another gush between my legs. I was honestly fuming - NOT AGAIN
! I went to the loo and blood trickled out of me (which i've never experienced before). I sat and waited for it to 'finish' and it'd made the toilet red. This was christmas eve so i wasn't expecting to get another scan, but to be honest, i wasn't as worried as i had been before. I was worried about what was going on down there, rather than health of baby (scan the previous week had reassured me that babe was fine).
I ended up phoning the community midwife that night and she was really panicky. She didn't seem to listen when i told her i'd bled before, it was more "OMG you're bleeding, get to hospital NOW". So i phoned again christmas morning and spoke to another woman who was very straight-forward - "Sometimes women just bleed during pregnancy". She said theres no point coming into A&E unless the bleeding was very heavy ('down your legs') or cramps were extremely painful.
Over this past week the bleeding has lessened again. To best describe my bleeding it would be that it is one 'bleed' - and then whatevers left over comes out later
I went to the loo this morning and had brown blood when i wiped, theres hardly anything, but i found it unusual that brown blood came back on its own (rather than come as leftovers!)
I'm praying that i don't bleed anymore. I'm scared because the past 3 bleeds i've had have come every weekend, so i'm dreading this one. I'm so glad this group is here, as sometimes going through something like bleeding, you can feel very alone. I feel its been hard to talk to people about it whether it be midwife or on bnb because its hard to fully explain the situation without people panicking about the fact you ARE bleeding.
Thanks for reading, i really appreciate it
xx
