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Age: 40 years old
Location: Ft Myers, United States
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Subchorionic Hematoma and Threatened Miscarriage :(
By SarahEMcCormick » Posted Sep. 20, 2015 11:10pm - 500 views - 13 comments
Tonight, at 12 weeks 3 days pregnant, I found myself in the emergency room bleeding profusely from my vagina. Before I had left to the hospital, I was having a normal day at home with my husband. We had had sex 3 times within the past 24 hours, because we were just in one of those moods and life was swell. We had been watching a Ravens and Raiders game when I told my husband I had to head to the bathroom to go pee. After using the bathroom and wiping, I looked at the toilet paper and saw blood. I looked into the toilet, and the water was red, not yellow, not clear. I panicked. I screamed, and called for my husband. He came running in, and so did my kids. I told my kids to go out of the room as I was hyperventilating and told him, "I'm bleeding'. He shook his head and said, "Oh, no" and steadied himself by holding onto the counter, and rushed in to see all of the blood I lost. He told me come on, we're going to the emergency room. I threw my shoes on, mid panic attack, hardly remembering to breathe, and made my way to the car. I called my mom and told her what was going on. She cried a lot and just kept saying, "I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry."
We got to the hospital, I had blood work done, and had to sit in the waiting room for a total of about 10 minutes before they brought me back. The doctor performed a pelvic exam, in which he told me my cervix is completely closed but that he noticed a moderate amount of bleeding. After the pelvic exam was complete, I went in to give a urine sample - and lost so much blood that there was nothing but burgundy in the collection cup. They wanted me to do a catheter to collect the urine, and I refused. I knew I would be seeing my midwife tomorrow so I knew I could just give a sample at her office and avoid the pain of a cath.
From there, they sent my bloodwork off and scheduled me a for a sonogram. I was so scared, I just kept praying and praying and didn't want my husband to leave my side. I lost a lot of blood between the time I left my house and this time at the hospital. I would say all in all, I lost about 3/4 of a cup of blood in total tonight. I also lost a couple clots in the hospital toilet.
They performed the ultrasound - and my baby was thriving, moving around like crazy, heart beating strongly at 175 bpm. Everything looked fine. Everything except for a subchorionic hematoma.
The doctor came in and announced, after the radiologist reviewed the findings and submitted the report to the doctor, that the baby is fine and there is no miscarriage occurring but that there is a 50/50 chance that one may happen now. He said that my placenta has detached itself a bit from the uterus and that a clot has formed underneath, causing me to have heavy bleeding. He ordered me to stay on bedrest and call my midwife early in the morning - as if I wasn't going to already....
He said sometimes, placental detachment can resolve itself if the placenta fuses back to the uterus - but that its anyone's guess at this point what is going to happen. From what I've read online, most women seem to have a great prognosis after this, but I have no idea how big mine is, nor do I know where it's positioned which is also a big factor.
My discharge papers said, threatened miscarriage, subchorinoic hematoma, and vaginal bleeding.
Needless to say, I am a nervous wreck. I don't know what else I can do besides pray. I am in a lot of pain; Im having a lot of cramping in my low abdomen and in my back, and it hurts to bad to lay down - but it especially hurts to sit up or stand up to go pee. I just want it to be tomorrow already so I can head in and see my baby and know that he/she is okay. I want to hear their heartbeat and know that my baby is alright, that theyr'e still fighting.
Please, if you pray, pray for me. Pray for my baby. I'm afraid. I need God to be with me and my child.
Thank you all so much - and I will keep you all posted. I'm going to bed.
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Subchorionic Hematoma and Threatened Miscarriage :(
By SarahEMcCormick » Posted Sep. 20, 2015 11:10pm - 500 views - 13 comments
Tonight, at 12 weeks 3 days pregnant, I found myself in the emergency room bleeding profusely from my vagina. Before I had left to the hospital, I was having a normal day at home with my husband. We had had sex 3 times within the past 24 hours, because we were just in one of those moods and life was swell. We had been watching a Ravens and Raiders game when I told my husband I had to head to the bathroom to go pee. After using the bathroom and wiping, I looked at the toilet paper and saw blood. I looked into the toilet, and the water was red, not yellow, not clear. I panicked. I screamed, and called for my husband. He came running in, and so did my kids. I told my kids to go out of the room as I was hyperventilating and told him, "I'm bleeding'. He shook his head and said, "Oh, no" and steadied himself by holding onto the counter, and rushed in to see all of the blood I lost. He told me come on, we're going to the emergency room. I threw my shoes on, mid panic attack, hardly remembering to breathe, and made my way to the car. I called my mom and told her what was going on. She cried a lot and just kept saying, "I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry."
We got to the hospital, I had blood work done, and had to sit in the waiting room for a total of about 10 minutes before they brought me back. The doctor performed a pelvic exam, in which he told me my cervix is completely closed but that he noticed a moderate amount of bleeding. After the pelvic exam was complete, I went in to give a urine sample - and lost so much blood that there was nothing but burgundy in the collection cup. They wanted me to do a catheter to collect the urine, and I refused. I knew I would be seeing my midwife tomorrow so I knew I could just give a sample at her office and avoid the pain of a cath.
From there, they sent my bloodwork off and scheduled me a for a sonogram. I was so scared, I just kept praying and praying and didn't want my husband to leave my side. I lost a lot of blood between the time I left my house and this time at the hospital. I would say all in all, I lost about 3/4 of a cup of blood in total tonight. I also lost a couple clots in the hospital toilet.
They performed the ultrasound - and my baby was thriving, moving around like crazy, heart beating strongly at 175 bpm. Everything looked fine. Everything except for a subchorionic hematoma.
The doctor came in and announced, after the radiologist reviewed the findings and submitted the report to the doctor, that the baby is fine and there is no miscarriage occurring but that there is a 50/50 chance that one may happen now. He said that my placenta has detached itself a bit from the uterus and that a clot has formed underneath, causing me to have heavy bleeding. He ordered me to stay on bedrest and call my midwife early in the morning - as if I wasn't going to already....
He said sometimes, placental detachment can resolve itself if the placenta fuses back to the uterus - but that its anyone's guess at this point what is going to happen. From what I've read online, most women seem to have a great prognosis after this, but I have no idea how big mine is, nor do I know where it's positioned which is also a big factor.
My discharge papers said, threatened miscarriage, subchorinoic hematoma, and vaginal bleeding.
Needless to say, I am a nervous wreck. I don't know what else I can do besides pray. I am in a lot of pain; Im having a lot of cramping in my low abdomen and in my back, and it hurts to bad to lay down - but it especially hurts to sit up or stand up to go pee. I just want it to be tomorrow already so I can head in and see my baby and know that he/she is okay. I want to hear their heartbeat and know that my baby is alright, that theyr'e still fighting.
Please, if you pray, pray for me. Pray for my baby. I'm afraid. I need God to be with me and my child.
Thank you all so much - and I will keep you all posted. I'm going to bed.
Comments for this Journal Entry
 | Comment from Summer0120 » Posted Sep. 23, 2015 10:05am Prayers your way! Hope all is well. |
 | Comment from thomasanddawnxoxo » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 4:07pm Keeping you in my thought hope everything resolves itself! |
 | Comment from Kate0406 » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 10:37am My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours. |
 | Comment from lala_0412 » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 9:10am Sarah you are in my prayers. Get all the rest you need and take it easy. Wish there was something I could do. :( |
 | Comment from MalPal85 » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 9:02am Prayers for you and your little one! Just rest as much as possible and think positive. I had blood and clotting at ~13 weeks as well. |
 | Comment from Cattsmeow » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 8:46am Prayers being sent your way. *hugs* |
 | Comment from ericalee » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 8:39am I am so sorry you are having to deal with all of this! :( Praying you also have a great prognosis. |
 | Comment from pbc910 » Posted Sep. 21, 2015 8:34am Yes, yes, definitely rest! Hopefully you can get more answers today and a plan to help take care of yourself and baby! |
