Sch group (Subchorionic Hematoma)

[CamoQueen]

Great news inperfected, and lovely scan pic!

I got in touch with my doctor this morning and she's sent a referral for a second level ultrasound at a local hospital (well, 45 minutes away, but as local as it gets for us) and the hospital should call me in the next few days to set up an appointment this week. So I'm going to be waiting by my phone every day until they call, basically! My doctor stressed that I shouldn't worry, that most bleeds resolve themselves and that the technician who did my ultrasound said that they baby looked perfect. I'm trying not to worry...

 

[misselle]

Nickad - I'm sure you'll be fine, my SCH measures 6.6 x 4.6 cm and my doctor is still reasonably confident of a good outcome. I'm desperately hoping mine hasn't grown this time though!

Has anyone else had their SCH get bigger without any extenal bleeding?? I haven't seen any blood for a week tomorrow, but even before it wasn't that heavy - less than a period, and only for about 24 hours each time. However the SCH had grown considerably. I guess my question is, If your still bleeding internally, does it always come out? Or can your SCH be growing and you don't know it until the scan..?

 

[Starry Night]

I don't really know and would be afraid to try to Google that information....is this something you can talk to your doctor about?

 

[misselle]

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, I'll have to remember to ask him. I'm too scared to google that kind of thing, all medical questions I've googled, end up scaring the hell out me, and I'm doing my best to keep calm .. I have a week betwen doctors visits at the moment, and I've never known a week to be so loooooong.

 

[PAgal]

Inperfected-- congrats, that's awesome news!! You deserved some good news after all you've been through!

Nikad- so glad to hear baby looks great too! It seems most bleeds get bigger before they go down so it sounds like yours is nothing to worry about, it still sounds pretty small to me

Misselle-- Yes they do get bigger 1st! I think after the inital bleed we are catching it on the uphill and don't realize it's still growing, I had the same situation exactly. It was small at 1st, I was reassured, then two weeks later it had grown 140%!! But I haven't had any bright red blood since that very 1st small amount, and I'm losing tons of old blood (mainly because mine is above the cervix, it can still decrease without losing any blood old or new). Today mine had gone down so I feel yours will no doubt!

 

[PAgal]

I called my doc today because I've been losing so much brown blood and now I'm getting confused because some is dark red, plus I've had more cramping, so they sent me for an u/s just to make sure all was ok. Well, baby is A GIRL, it's confirmed!! And the doc was impressed with what a beautiful scan it was, said baby is doing perfect. They were able to do a full anatomy scan, all the major organs, parts, etc., and she said they usually can't get all of that at 17 weeks so baby is doing great!

The bleed is still there but down from 105cc (11 days ago) to 81cc now (they didn't give me the dimensions). I thought with all the old blood I've lost that it would be smaller, so it's possible it's grown more, but the doc seemed happy with it's progress. May have to see a high-risk doc but will find out tomorrow. Still worried but trying to stay calm

 

[misselle]

PAgal - That's what I need to hear! Scan on Friday I assume, so I'll know more then. This worry is all so new to me, I was so lucky and have had 4 totally ordinary pregnancies before this one, maybe this baby will be trouble...lol

WOW a little girl! CONGRATULATIONS!! How lucky you are, we tried for a little girl this time (I have 4 little boys), and really feel like I'm missing something not having a daughter to share with, so we went with the Shettles method, and tracked and planned for months and months, So I'm pretty eager to find out what I'm having.. It worked for my girlfriend after 3 boys and she swears by it. However with all this drama, I don't really mind what I have anymore - I just want this little peanut to make it! Amazing how your priorities change

Congrats again.

 

[PAgal]

CamoQueen, I sure hope you hear from the doc soon, I know the wait is so torturous! But these bleeds do seem to turn out fine in the end so just hang on, I truly believe all will be ok

 

[CamoQueen]

Thanks, PAgal, and congrats on the healthy baby girl, how exciting!!

 

[Starry Night]

Congrats on the girl! How exciting!

I've never learned how big my bleed is and just as well. I think I would be obsessing over it. All I know is the specialist gave me a good prognosis and my mom was talking to my aunt who is an ER doctor and she had said to trust whatever the specialist at the children's hospital says because they really know what they're talking about over there. Makes me feel good. And baby gave me some real good kicks today....

Can't wait to see bubs again when I go back to the children's hospital on the 11th. Hoping for some good news!

 

[Lumboo]

I had another massive red bleed last night. I always happens at the same time - after a day of rushing about, after dinner and when I am attempting to go to the loo. I am not even straining that much, but my three bleeds have always been the same. I passed some big clots last night and then the bleeding stops. This morning I am just spotting. I have a scan today so they will be able to check things out for me.

The thing is that I have been taking it easy since Friday, just resting etc and all spotting had stopped completely. The yesterday the hospital called me in for blood tests and got me completely stressed and I start bleeding again. I do hope the clots were due to the SCH and not my baby. This has been very stressful for me.

How many of you have passed clots? Does this continue?

 

[inperfected]

I've had 4 big bleeds, with reasonably big clots each time... Rest is really important though, as is trying to keep calm amidst the stress (trust me, something I kno well if you've read recent updates re te quake from me).

It can stop or continue for a while. how many weeks are you now? I got a good home Doppler - sonoline b or c work great. And try it after 10-11 weeks, I found mine at 11.5 VERY easily... Definitely hugely had eased stress for me when I've had a big bleed (ESP on the night of the earthquake when 100's were injured and I wouldn't have been huge on the priority list when others were coming in dying)...

 

[nikad]

I called my doc today because I've been losing so much brown blood and now I'm getting confused because some is dark red, plus I've had more cramping, so they sent me for an u/s just to make sure all was ok. Well, baby is A GIRL, it's confirmed!! And the doc was impressed with what a beautiful scan it was, said baby is doing perfect. They were able to do a full anatomy scan, all the major organs, parts, etc., and she said they usually can't get all of that at 17 weeks so baby is doing great!

The bleed is still there but down from 105cc (11 days ago) to 81cc now (they didn't give me the dimensions). I thought with all the old blood I've lost that it would be smaller, so it's possible it's grown more, but the doc seemed happy with it's progress. May have to see a high-risk doc but will find out tomorrow. Still worried but trying to stay calm

Congrats on your healthy baby girl

 

[nikad]

Nickad - I'm sure you'll be fine, my SCH measures 6.6 x 4.6 cm and my doctor is still reasonably confident of a good outcome. I'm desperately hoping mine hasn't grown this time though!

Has anyone else had their SCH get bigger without any extenal bleeding?? I haven't seen any blood for a week tomorrow, but even before it wasn't that heavy - less than a period, and only for about 24 hours each time. However the SCH had grown considerably. I guess my question is, If your still bleeding internally, does it always come out? Or can your SCH be growing and you don't know it until the scan..?

have an appointment today and will as OB about this, I am actually gonna writ down a list of things to ask heeheh

 

[Starry Night]

Sorry you had another big bleed, Lumboo. I've only had one big bleed where I passed any clots but those were massive. I was only 9 weeks at the time so it's kind of shocking that you can lose that much blood when the baby is a size of the bean and it still be OK.

I think the fact that the bleeding stopped so quickly after the clots that it's a good sign it was the sch, not the baby. I had that too. Once I passed the clots the bleeding itself slowed down. By the next day I was back to spotting and a week later I only had brown discharge. I had one other big bleed after that but there were no cramps or clots. Just a lot of flow that slowed to spotting after about 12 hours.

 

[nikad]

I know that at 23 mm my hematoma is still small, but I wasn´t expecting to see it growing after 32 days of full totals bed rest The dr. that did the US yesterday said it was not worth it staying full time in bed unless you were bleeding, but no weight lifting or anyth strenuous. I am out of my mind in bed will drive Dr nuts today lol DH shed a tear after he saw little baby looking like a small person already

 

[Starry Night]

nikad, that's so cute about your DH! Mine has been rather sentimental as well. And I'm not on strict bed rest anymore either. Just taking things very easy. I make sure to pay attention to my body and lay down as soon as I feel any strain. It's nice to be able to do the odd thing for myself, to help with some of the simpler chores or to play with my cat. I've essentially ignored the poor creature for 4 months. She's always been "my" cat but since I've been on bed rest she had started to transfer her affections to DH. But now I'm slowly winning her back.

 

[Lumboo]

I went for my scan today and the sonographer saw the bleed site with clots. I have not miscarried. She then said she saw the sac but it was irregular so she thinks I am in the process of miscarrying. DH was not convinced as he thinks the bleed site/clots noted is making the sac irregular as he said as she was moving the wand around he could see the regular outline.

However she has put 'gestational sac absent' on the scan report, even though she pointed it out to us, and stated it was an 'incomplete miscarriage'.

I am devastated as this is the second time I have been told I have miscarried in this pregnancy. The first time the sonographer told me it was a 'complete miscarriage', and two weeks later they found a sac. Now, despite showing us a irregular sac, she has stated 'no sac found'.

It's not that I don't believe her, as I am sure if the sac is irregular it is probably breaking down, but I see what my husband is getting at too, as the sac is right next to the clots that she has noted on the report. Why did she say it was not found? Also, he is mistrustful of their absolute declarations at this early stage as none of our reports seem consistant with each other.

I am so confused, but need to know if anyone has experience of bleed sites obscuring views of ultrasounds.

 

[Starry Night]

Lumboo, how stressful! It's strange that she wrote down "no sac found" as it won't be helpful for doctors in future references. "Irregular sac" would have been much more honest and useful even if you are miscarrying. How far along are you?

At its biggest, the sac of fluids was about the same size as my baby's sac and that was at 9 weeks but everything about the baby itself looked healthy so I don't know if a sch could block something on the ultrasound and have everything be OK.

Hope you get some answers soon. Thinking of you....

 

[nikad]

Geez Lumboo, I am so sorry to hear about all these stressing horrible things, it just sounds so wrong You are a very strong woman and will keep you in my thoughts.