Sch group (Subchorionic Hematoma)

[nikad]

See my midwife on the 19th day after scan, so will ask her to explain things to me a bit better. She didnt say how big the area was infact she didnt even measure it. I didnt know that about the fluid so glad you said i drink very little water or fluids at all tbh so will start that right now

Well hope it helps some In the meantime take it really easy, if possible stay in bed or lay down as much as you can. If you notice anything weird before your appointment, just go to your closest ER.

Try to relax and think you are doing your best for this baby, even if resting, drinking a lot and no sex don´t seem like a lot, it is the only thing you can do, we have all been there. Stress can cause your uterus to contract and with the blood in there it might cause crampy pains.

Still with a sch you have high chances of everything being just fine, so hang in there

 

[Starry Night]

But my OB said no sex at my last visit so I am sticking to that. He might be mad that I do other things but it's just too hard on the relationship and my sanity. Sometimes my hormones drive me stark-raving mad. lol Sometimes I wonder if I should just abstain for the sake of the baby but I haven't had any problems. It's tough.

Starry, did your OB explained why no intercourse, etc? Mine said it was ok, I am sex starved but still scared...

I'm guessing it had to due with the fact that my 20 week scan still showed the bleed and for some reason my OB never looked at the files sent over from the children's hospital where I've been seeing the specialist. At 22 weeks the bleed and abruption were gone.

So when we went to see the specialist today DH made sure to ask for a second opinion. LOL The specialist said that since there was no more bleed or abruption that we could resume sexual activity! We've been having fun in other ways but we still missed out on intercourse as it's far more intimate than anything else.

Anyways, my scan went GREAT! Everything is just perfect and the baby is measuring in the 97th percentile so he's going to be a big boy. ha ha! Big babies are in my family so I'm not overly shocked. I'm just hoping he stays under 9 pounds. Please....oh please...

I think I can officially say now that I am sch and abruption-free!! I no longer have to go back to see the specialist. He did recommend I get a scan every 3 weeks just to make sure things are OK.

 

[nikad]

But my OB said no sex at my last visit so I am sticking to that. He might be mad that I do other things but it's just too hard on the relationship and my sanity. Sometimes my hormones drive me stark-raving mad. lol Sometimes I wonder if I should just abstain for the sake of the baby but I haven't had any problems. It's tough.

Starry, did your OB explained why no intercourse, etc? Mine said it was ok, I am sex starved but still scared...

I'm guessing it had to due with the fact that my 20 week scan still showed the bleed and for some reason my OB never looked at the files sent over from the children's hospital where I've been seeing the specialist. At 22 weeks the bleed and abruption were gone.

So when we went to see the specialist today DH made sure to ask for a second opinion. LOL The specialist said that since there was no more bleed or abruption that we could resume sexual activity! We've been having fun in other ways but we still missed out on intercourse as it's far more intimate than anything else.

Anyways, my scan went GREAT! Everything is just perfect and the baby is measuring in the 97th percentile so he's going to be a big boy. ha ha! Big babies are in my family so I'm not overly shocked. I'm just hoping he stays under 9 pounds. Please....oh please...

I think I can officially say now that I am sch and abruption-free!! I no longer have to go back to see the specialist. He did recommend I get a scan every 3 weeks just to make sure things are OK.

This is awesome news!! Congrats Hmmm I have the feeling that after your abstinence you are going to be a bad girl this weekend Enjoy!

 

[Starry Night]

 

[inperfected]

Congrats starry!!! I'm so glad to hear that

 

[CamoQueen]

I'm really glad your scan went well, Starry, that's awesome news!

My scan just served to make me more worried, however. The placental lake is gone, thank God, and baby is growing right on schedule. They did another echocardiogram due to the SSRI I was taking early on in pregnancy and they located a small VSD (ventricular septal defect) in the wall of his heart. So now I'm scheduled for another ultrasound at 30 weeks to check up on his heart again. I'm so terrified and lost right now.

 

[ashley2pink]

Good news Starry! Personally I would rather have a nice big boy than a small one!
Luckily for me I have had absolutely no sex drive at all since I got pregnant. I could care less when it comes to that, though my husband cares. The weird thing is in my sleep its a little different. I dont have raunchy dreams lol, but I do have some kind of sexual dreams that do lead to an O in my sleep and I always wake up and have cramping. I too pray that I dont get those dreams, because I dont like the cramping at all, my tummy gets very hard. Even in during my dream I tell myself I wont let it get to that, but it does anyway! Its so odd to me, because awake its literally almost impossible for me to O, but in my sleep just a thought and seconds later I have one! I dont get how just mentally I can make myself have one. And, its been probably once every couple weeks since I got pregnant. When I wasnt pregnant it was hardly ever. Lol, pregnancy does some weird stuff to you!

 

[Starry Night]

I'm really glad your scan went well, Starry, that's awesome news!

My scan just served to make me more worried, however. The placental lake is gone, thank God, and baby is growing right on schedule. They did another echocardiogram due to the SSRI I was taking early on in pregnancy and they located a small VSD (ventricular septal defect) in the wall of his heart. So now I'm scheduled for another ultrasound at 30 weeks to check up on his heart again. I'm so terrified and lost right now.

Did they tell you what a VSD would mean for your baby and/or pregnancy? I'm so sorry they found something with your baby. I can only imagine how scared you must be feeling. I really hope the situation rectifies itself by your next scan.

 

[nikad]

I'm really glad your scan went well, Starry, that's awesome news!

My scan just served to make me more worried, however. The placental lake is gone, thank God, and baby is growing right on schedule. They did another echocardiogram due to the SSRI I was taking early on in pregnancy and they located a small VSD (ventricular septal defect) in the wall of his heart. So now I'm scheduled for another ultrasound at 30 weeks to check up on his heart again. I'm so terrified and lost right now.

Glad to hear the good news Hopefully the VSD will fix itself in the coming weeks, as babies are still changing a lot at this stage. You might want to ask what it implies if it doesn´t go away. I will keep you and your baby in my thoughts and prayers, but I am sure it will be just fine

Outlook (Prognosis)
Many small defects will close on their own. For those defects that do not spontaneously close, the outcome is good with surgical repair.

I have read if the hole is small it can close even after birth.

 

[CamoQueen]

The doctor told me that a lot of times they will close, and if it doesn't it usually doesn't cause major problems after they are born. If there are problems, they can have medication or surgery to repair the hole. The major concern right now is that it's tagging along with other heart defects. I'm trying to stay optimistic that if the heart looked fine otherwise at 22 weeks that it wouldn't suddenly have self-destructed at 30 weeks, IYKWIM? He said that right now the rest of the heart looks great, but they will need to follow up with me a few more times.

I know it can also sometimes be an indicator of chromosomal abnormalities, but he didn't even mention this (I Googled), probably because the meds I was taking can cause heart defects and are a much likelier cause of the VSD rather than chromosomes, and the rest of the baby looks perfect. It's just all of the unknowns right now that are making me CRAZY!

I am really happy that the lake is gone, though, and my placenta is nice and healthy.

 

[Starry Night]

I'm not a doctor (obviously) but it would seem to make sense that any major defects would have showed up by now. It's good that the doctor wants to take extra caution.

But yay that the sch is gone!

 

[CamoQueen]

I'm not a doctor (obviously) but it would seem to make sense that any major defects would have showed up by now. It's good that the doctor wants to take extra caution.

But yay that the sch is gone!

Thanks, I'm really happy that it's gone, I feel a lot better about that.

I did find a medical paper that concluded that most defects (something like 90%) are diagnosed in the second trimester, and rarely in the third trimester. The ones that were diagnosed didn't seem to be nearly as serious. So, I'm feeling more optimistic!

 

[inperfected]

Hey, would love some idea of your experiences please... It's been 4 weeks since my last "heavy" bleed, though I haven't stopped yet with spotting. This morning we were at th mall and I went to the toilet, then after coming out felt like I was having a braxton hicks (tight as!) then felt a gush, so went again, and there was very light brown coloured liquid had come out. Usually the blood I get now is mixed with discharge so this is really unusual (but has happened once before!). Any ideas or has this happened to anyone? I get a bit nervous to be honest, as when you've had issues you know about things like pprom and that ....

 

[PAgal]

Starry, what great news!! So glad you got a good report on baby's size too, that's perfect proof that the sch hasn't hurt him one bit!

Camoqueen, so sorry you have one more thing to worry about. It does sound like it will turn out ok at your next scan, I will be thinking about you and little one.

 

[PAgal]

Inperfectd, I don't know about that for sure, but it just sounds like old blood and discharge together which doesn't sound like anything at all to worry about. With all the bleeding you've had to deal with, it seems normal to have what sounds like old blood. Plus discharge in general is an everyday thing in pregnancy so sounds like it's just a combo of them both.

 

[Starry Night]

I have very watery discharge but the specialist has been measuring my fluids and they're always perfect. Maybe the gush was old blood mixed with watery discharge? And how much liquid was it? I remember being concerned by my watery discharge so I asked around and it seems a loss of fluids would have you soaking through your clothes. If it happens again it might be worth getting checked out just to ease your mind.

 

[Starry Night]

Starry, what great news!! So glad you got a good report on baby's size too, that's perfect proof that the sch hasn't hurt him one bit!

And I lost part of the placenta due to an abruption that has now healed. I then had an issue with one of the arteries in the umbilical chord (thought it was my uterus but turns out I heard wrong) but that's fine now too. But I am feeding my baby well. ha ha. I eat more than a cow...

Even though everything has cleared up for me I hope you ladies don't mind me sticking around. I want to see how you all get on and would love to be able to leave a happy-ending update (fingers-crossed!!) for anyone else who visits the thread in the future.

 

[inperfected]

I'd love to have you hang round starry!

I have very watery discharge but the specialist has been measuring my fluids and they're always perfect. Maybe the gush was old blood mixed with watery discharge? And how much liquid was it? I remember being concerned by my watery discharge so I asked around and it seems a loss of fluids would have you soaking through your clothes. If it happens again it might be worth getting checked out just to ease your mind.

Thanks for that... I am pretty sure it wasn't just discharge as it was a gush, i.e. soaked through to the bottom of the pad in about an 1.5inch round spot and immediately, not over time - I'd literally just been to the toilet and it was really watery not like any of the old blood I've had.. It would have definitely soaked through to my pants had I not been wearing a pad... I think from my guesses it'd be 10 ml approx?

I talked to mum (who we live on the same property as) and she told me I should ring the midwife so I did. She was concerned about it being fluid leaking, so has had me resting and watching to see if it happens again, and it hasn't to the same degree (though the tiniest bit has) so I'll just keep watching and ring her if I need to at any stage. I hate the worries, but I'm not one to worry with anything either, this is definitely TOTALLY different to the normal bleeding.

 

[inperfected]

Well, it's definitely not discharge... If it happens once more tonight, I'm going to hospital... It happened again where I said "I hate these" (i.e. the braxton hicks) then felt like I peed myself... I am getting a bit more worried you could say, and expect I"ll go into the hospital tomorrow either way to get checked...

 

[PAgal]

Hope you didn't have any more episodes of that last night, Inperfectd, but glad you plan to get it checked out soon. Keep us posted, I'll be thinking about you.