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Hi yall, I am due sept 29 with baby#10. I have been bleeding slighly since week 6, 4 weeks now. I had a couple of times where it was bright red on the toilet paper, if that doesn't scare you, nothing will. US showed healthy baby but no reason for bleeding. Has anyone had the US show nothing but then later on find subchorionic bleeding?

Sorry, I meant bleeding since I was 8 weeks I am now 12 weeks.

Tammy, at my 5 week scan they could not see where the bleed was coming from, but then at the 6 week 3 day one they could see a small subchorionic bleed. Then my bleeding stopped at 8.5 weeks. Had another scan at 11 weeks and all was well no sign of bleed left, then within a couple of hours I started discharging again!!!! Within 2 days I was in hospital for 2 nights upon waking in a pool of red blood and pa__sing a clot the size of my palm in the loo and I cramped. No-one is still the wiser as to what happened, the doctor suspected I had an early placental abruption. I stop discharging at 14 weeks and haven't bleed since and we are now 30 weeks. Hope this helps you a little. Get a scan, they might be able to see something, surely, but sometimes there just is no explanation for it. Lots of positive thoughts and rest is what got me through.

Hi Tammy,my name is Denise and I just wanted to say God bless you with baby #10.I haven't had an u/s show nothing at first but then later on show something.Sorry about that part.But as long as the u/s shows that the baby is ok that's good news. I do feel that things can happen at any time during pregnancy.And I find that sometimes it happens for no reason at all.Sometimes doctors don't even know why.But try not to stress.I'm sorry I didn't answer your Question the way you might have wanted but I do wish you the best.Have high spirits and keep your head up and try not to stress.Good luck.

I am new to this list and would very much appreciate some advice.Here's my story so far - I am turning 44 on Tuesday. After our second IVF treatment this past winter my DH and I were absolutely esctatic to find out that we are pregnant. We had a great ultrasound showing good development and a heartbeat at exactly 6 weeks. Later that same evening I experienced quite a bit of bleeding - red and some dark brown. I immediatley a__sumed the worst. We immediately went back to the fertility clinic in the morning - baby was fine but they did see a second empty sac and what looked to be a subchroniac (sp?) bleed around the sac. Over the next two weeks I have had some spotting and have been on limited activity, mostly bed rest. A week ago Sunday after having a very big bleed on Friday (red blood, small clots) I went in for another ultrasound and much to the sonographer's amazement - the second empty sac had a very vital heartbeat and showed appropriate growth for the time.My husband and I were absolutley in disbelief but very happy to say the least to be expecting twins. The fertility clinic just released me to my regular OB whom I saw last week and again this past Friday for a routine visit. I started to bleed on my way home and continued to bleed for another 6 hours. After the first few hours The Dr. had us come back in for an ultrasound. Of course, I thought the worst. But, the two babies were still there with good heartbeats and growth. I came home and bled (bright red, literally pouring out and clots big and small) until early evening. Finally started to taper off. early in the evening. Since then I have not even really leaked onto my pads but when I wipe do have dark red blood still (sorry for the graphics) and a some red blood when I initially start pee. I will talk to my Dr. tomorrow and see him for another ultrasound on Thursday. He has me on complete bedrest. I take 2cc of progesteone IM, 2 slow FE, estrace and a pre-natal vitamin each day. My husband and i are scared to death yet hopeful that we can get through this. We have a history of early mis-carriages (blighted ovums) and have suffered one triplody at 18 weeks where we had to deliver. We have a wonderful 3.5 year old son who is the light of our lives. I am doing my very best to stay positive and hopeful but with so much time on my hands with bedrest - I can't but help let the worry and concern of losing these babies overshadow my positiveness. Any advice, help from this group would be so welcome. I currently 8 weeks, 4 days. My edd is 10.25.06 but the Dr. a__sures me if we successfully keep going - we'll deliver earlier than that! Thanks in advance for any advice. Best, Liz aka Will's Mom

Hi. I'm new to this site. Liz, I just read your post...this is IVF #2 for me too (1st didn't work). EDD 10-22; 9 w 3 d pg today with singleton. I've noticed a lot of woman go on Prog.IM for this; I just got off PIO from IVF stuff and my RE said I don't need it despite the circ_mstances. I hope he's right. I am on Lovenox (anticoagulant ) for a blood clotting disorder. I can't believe I have a subchorionic hematoma dispite the lovenox I've been on! I've been on bedrest for 2 weeks now. It's hard not to get depressed. But I've heard a lot of nice success stories so I feel like there is a lot of hope.

Hi Liz, you sound like you have had alot of bleeding, but from my experiences, if your baby battles through that then he/she is here for the long haul. After bleeding profusely and pa__sing a clot the size of my palm, my gyno made that comment and he was so right! Now as for the bleeding around the sac, that is not as bad as in the sac, as my last pregnancy was a twin pregnancy and I had bleeding from within the sac and my cherubs unfortunately pa__sed on. One had already died by the time I had a scan, but the other had a slow hb of 109bpm. Went back for a scan in 10 days and that little one had too pa__sed. I have only stopped discharging from 14 weeks and here we are heading to 31 weeks. True miracle, but it does happen as alot of us have proven on the site. Everytime I saw blood my heart would just drop but if there is any advice I can give, that would be to stay positive and lots and lots of bedrest. Even if the bleeding continues, your bubs have done so well to get this far and there is no reason they won't continue to. GL xxoo

Hi everyone: I agree with Denise, Sheree, and others that rest is THE most important thing. I had bright red bleeding just once at week 11 and brown discharges after that. I was put on bedrest at week 15 because of my still large bleeding area according to the ultrasound and extreme tiredness. I slept for the first 4 or 5 days after I did not have to go to work and only was up for food. After that my energy level was much better. I guess having two children and b___stfed in the past three years really have taken a lot away from my body and I need REST. I am now at week 18. I can feel the baby moving everyday and that is an a__surance. Maylee, I also have blood clotting problem so the doc put me on asprin and vit Bs and it seems to work. One recent surprise/news is that the baby will have a higher than normal chance of being a Downs baby from blood test. We decided not to do further testing, which can harm me and the baby. At this point, this pregnancy is completely out of my hand and is up to God. I am trying to be stress free and it helps. Good luck to everyone else. You are all on my mind.

Hi Hope,it's been a while since you last wrote.I'm glad to see that everything is ok with you.Keep your haed up and of course stay positive and stress free.Don't forget to relax.Take care.

Since I wrote over the weekend about a very large bleed (with clots) that I had on Friday - the bleeding has subsided. I have been on total bedrest. It's now Wednesday and when I pee there is not any blood (occasionally a small amount of blood) although when I wipe there is what looks to be very dark red old blood. Can anyone tell me if this is a good sign? Would it indicate that the bleed is subsiding and re-absorbing itself? We go for a sonogram tomorrow AM and I am concerned that it will disrupt the healing that seems to be taking place. Any thoughts? Thanks - Liz

Hi Wills mom. I think the old red blood is a good sign--I'm not sure if a sono would disrupt anything--I don't think so from what my doc told me. It would give you a good opportunity to find out if the bleed is in fact reabsorbing--or at least not getting larger. It seems like the first step is for it not to have gotten bigger--I think the reabsorbing can take months--but progress is a great great sign! Good luck and keep resting!

Hi everybody. I've been following this thread for awhile, it's been a lifeline in a sense. Like Liz and Maylee, this is IVF #2 for hubby and me. We were overjoyed when we found out we were pregnant with twins, and everything seemed fine during our weekly u/s until suddenly I had a huge gush of bright red blood at 10w3d that terrified us. Of course, it had to happen at my cousin's wedding too so the whole family got to witness blood pouring down my legs! Went to the doctor's office, showed a small gash near the placenta. Since then I've had lighter bleeding every two to three days for the past week and a half of a very dark color, despite being on complete bedrest, and just hit 12 weeks. U/s yesterday showed two healthy little twins squirming around but the bleeding area has grown. Last night I woke up to mildish cramps and dark brown bleeding. this morning the bleeding started up again, which is odd, but the blood is now almost black. No clots. From what I hear that's good, but has this happened to anyone else? Is it going to be OK? I've honestly never seen blood this color. Thanks for any thoughts.

Faith-y--That sounds a like like my own situation. I bled heavily the first night (7w4d) and then have had light bleeding since that time (3 wks now). The blood is very very dark now. I had a giant clot early on but since then just little bits. I have heard of 2 women (not from this site) that had a s.c.hematoma their whole pregnancy with a good outcome. I'm surprised the dr.s could see your placental tear clearly this early on. Sure hope it mends. Going thru IVF then having to worry the whole pg sure is lousy, isn't it!!! Well, I guess we'll keep doing all we can for those babies. If interested go to www.IVFconnections to pregnancy to pregnancy complications to bedrest buddies. I'm starting a thread there.

Hey everyone.... Well, I go back to my OB on friday, and they will do another u/s. My bleeding hasn't subsided, but has increased, and it's still pink. I dread going, always expecting the worst, but I feel that each day I'm going to have a coronary over this! And dd is almost 5 months, and MOBILE! So, yeah, getting any real rest is almost impossible.((sigh))...I've been bleeding 12 days now, but from some of the stories I've read, it can happen that way. I will update after my appt. friday....Good luck to everyone! Sherry

Hi Faith: Congratulations on the twins! For me, I only had one bright red gush at week 11. After that I have been having very dark brown color discharges. The color can be really dark. The frequency of the dark brown discharge for me is about 1 week to a week and a half per incidence. My last brown blood discharge was at week 17. My measurements did go up from 3cm at week 9 to 5.9cm at week 11 to 9.1cm at week 13 to 6cm at week14 and still the same 6cm at week 17. As you can see, despite all the brown discharges that I've been having, the bleeding area still stays at 6cm for the past 3-4 weeks. According to the doctor, the areas shown by the u/s may not be the whole picture of the bleeding area or the blood clot sits there and just requires time to dissolve. I hope that this will give you a clue of what might happen. Best of luck...

Not a good day for our ultra sound, The ultrasound showed that one of our twin sacs has demised, no heartbeat and it is measuring behind by about a week where it should be. The hopeful news is that the second baby is sitting high up on the uterus, good heartbeat and measuring right on the day he/she should be...9 weeks. More bad news is that my bleed has gone from 7cm to 12cm. The Dr. thinks that it can still be very connected to the demise of one of the sacs. I am just wiping old brown blood right now after my huge bleed last Friday. The Dr. says that it is likely that I will bleed significantly again soon when m y body tries to pa__s the twin who has not made it. Has anyone had anything remotely similar happen and seen the other singleton go on to a happy pregnancy outcome. Sigh. This is so hard. Any thoughts good or bad would be a comfort. Thanks, Liz