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Hi - yes sorry, just re-read my message and want to add that I'm not suggesting you do not listen to your doctor but just thought I'd let you know my situation as I had two SCH's and a baby to look after. I mean that I can emphasise with the stress this brings on top of the bleeding etc as we have to look after babies as well so rest is not always possible. Just thought I'd give you my story in case you cannot do complete bed rest as your doctor suggests (I wouldn't have been able to) and that it doesn't mean you are jeopardising your current pregnancy. Better go - my daughter is tearing up the magazine rack (get what I mean!) Kathryn x

Katherine, I am from Canada and they say the same thing about bedrest. When I had my bleed at 15 weeks I saw a high risk OBS, and she said research shows that bedrest will not change the outcome of the pregnancy at that point. I then saw my own OBS a couple of weeks later and he said the same thing. He did say not to exercise or have intercourse. And to try and relax when I can. I totally agree with you and SharonF, you must follow your doctor's orders no matter what others are saying on this site.

Hi everyone again. Thanks for your kinds words you sent me when I found out about the second SCH. I, of course, have a new update. Since my second heave bleed 2 weeks ago, I have been bleeding (lessening) for the past 2 weeks. All last week it was dark brown thick blood, so I a__sumed that was ok (old blood). For the past 2-3 days, I noticed that the blood became very watery, and finally put two and two together that it was possibly amniotic fluid?!? I went back to the hospital again, where, for some reason, the only checked my cervix, said it was closed and sent me home. THey said that amniotic fluid would have initiated contractions, and my cervix would have started to open. I was not impressed or convinced with his answer. The least they could have done was that fern test which confirms amniotic fluid?!? Anyway, my OBGYN told me to go for an U/S today (I'm going tonight) to check on the fluid levels... I don't know how much hope I have left in me.... This has been a crazy summer. I'll keep you posted on the results. (By the way, Lynn, what part of Canada are you from? I'm from Montreal - maybe we're neighbours :)

Jasmine - good luck tonight, everything crossed and thinking of you. Kathryn x

Update and question - just had u/s and obgyn appt. The u/s tech could not find the sch! All she noted new was as she described it a "big knot" which she called a Braxton-Hicks contraction. I was stunned, as last u/s showed that the clot was stretching out and heading down for the cervical opening. I still have slight brownish bleeding first thing in the morning after first trip to the toilet. The dt. was non-committal about the blood clot being "gone". He said yeah that's good, but as long as you're still bleeding I'm concerned. Has anyone else had the sch "disappear" but continue with spotting?

Paula - I've never heard of that, but what you're describing sounds like great news to me! I had my ultrasound yesterday after thinking that my water broke, and thankfully I was wrong! Baby happy and healthy, and the 2 SCH's are still there. The doctor who did the U/S said that it's really the volume of the hematomas that should be considered, not the length. He calculated mine as 19 and 28 cm3, which in his opinion is relatively small (although I don't agree!) He also said that as long as the placenta is ok, I should progress though the pregnancy ok (rea__suring news). He even said that even if it compromised the placenta, a baby could develop perfectly with only half a placenta attached. This was some big high-risk OBGYN I saw yesterday, so he should know what he's talking about! Also, with the whole bedrest thing, his opinion is that as there really is nothing anyone could do at this point (early second trimester), all doctors could say is "take it easy" and avoid anything strenuous, s_x, orgasms, nipple stimulation (!!??), caffeine, etc... - although nothing has proven that this will prevent anything. Anyway, just wanted to provide you with this guy's opinion (he's highly regarded in Montreal). Oh yeah - and his explanation for my watery brown blood is that when the blood gets hemolysed or something (breaks down), it tends to get watery. Has anyone had watery brown blood at the end of a big bleed? I hope you are all doing well. Jaz

Jasmine, I am your neighbour. I am from Ottawa. I also experienced what you described with the watery discharge. For weeks it was a dark brown, think texture, similar to the last day of your period then it got lighter in colour and almost transparent, and runny like water. It lasted a couple of days and then my bleeding stopped. Knock on wood I haven't had any bleeding for 3 weeks now : ) No wonder guys don't get pregnant can you imagine them talking about their discharge online. Lynn 21+5

Im 18 weeks+ and suffered heavy bleeding in the first trimester. When i was 8 weeks i bled heavily and thought i had a miscarriage, i went down to the hospital where they did an u/s, and to my relief the baby was fine. They took a blood test and told me to ring the following day, i did and they told me i was A Rhesus Negative so they though that was the reason i was bleeding, so i had to have an Anti-D injection. The heavy bleeding stopped after 24 hours and turned to brown spotting, that stopped a couple of weeks later. At 11 weeks i bled again and got rushed into hospital, they did an internal but my cervix was closed, so they put the bleeding on to my blood group again after they did another scan that showed eveything was fine. A couple of days after coming out of hospital i had another heavy bleed, so my midwife ordered another scan to be done. Thats where they found a large haematoma under where the baby was. It measured 4.8 cm x 5.6 cm. I had to have regular u/s done to determine whether it was getting smaller or bigger every week. I haven't experienced any red heavy bleeding since then but did have a lot of brown blood come out, which seems to have stopped 3 weeks ago. I'll know more when i go for my 20 week scan at the end of this month if the blood clot is still there, im hoping for the best ( and a girl to ). I know how you are all feeling but i promise things will get better. For me though i may have to quit work because they are nagging me for all the time off ive been having since i found out i was pregnant (even though its not my fault) but my mum thinks its the best option, she doesn't want me to be put under more stress. Im only 18 so i can always find another job but i think this is the only baby im going to have. The problems that ive had and the problems that i will face in my next pregnancy due to my blood group have put me off the idea of having more children. I wish everyone the best of luck with their pregnancy's and hope you all have healthy happy babies.

My wife is just over nine weeks and a few days ago started to bleed, we went to the ER where we were told by nurses and doctors that we had misscarried. Six hours later and after just peforming an Ultrasound, a heartbeat was picked up and we were told that the baby was ok for now at least anyways. We have just gotten back from a visit with our local nurse and she said all we can do is wait and see which way its going to go now. My wife has a blood clot near to where the baby is. We hope and pray that it will clear up and the baby will be ok. Any advice out there from anyone which might help us would be greatly appreciated. We are scared to death right now and are sick with worry. My email address is adamhill1980@hotmail.com .

Adam & Lisa - sorry you are going through this. We are all going through it too so can always answer any questions you have as between us we have done lots of research. Blood clots are the same as subchorionic hematoma's. I had two at one point. One went right round my baby's sac and started up the top and I was told that it was in the worst possible place and was certainly larger than the baby at one point. They say that if the baby is bigger than the clot then it will almost certainly be okay. The reason your wife is at a higher risk of miscarriage is that with the bleeding that goes with having the clot it threatens to literally wash the baby out. However, I want to emphasise that at your wifes amount of weeks this isn't really an issue as baby is big enough and deeply implanted enough to withstand it. There is also a minimal risk of developing an infection in the womb due to the clot but that is very rare (I am just telling you what I know) I was always told (as were a lot of women on here) that rest doesn't really do much good for these clots or hematoma's but if your wife is happier resting then do so - it's all about reducing worry for her. most often these clots get reabsorbed or 'bled out' as your wife is doing. It may be an idea for you to get them to check on the size of the clot when you next have a scan so they can see if the amount of blood there is decreasing. Be warned though, sometimes they do get bigger before they disappear, it's just the way it is. Please remember that most of the time people have positive outcomes to these clots even though the bleeding etc is really scary at the time. I personally haven't bled since week 14 and am now in week 25 so there is hope. I had two at one point, one was very large and they used to talk to me like there wasn't much hope - I think they always try to prepare you for the worst. Let us know how you go and remember once you get to the magic 12 week mark you can breathe a sigh of relief as hematoma or not, you have a very slim chance of miscarriage after that. Try and be positive and not scared. Also, remember the statistic that if they detect a heartbeat on ultrasound after week 8 of pregnancy then you only have a 3% chance of miscarriage. HTH. Kathryn

Adam and Lisa - I had a ma__sive blood clot in the uterus at 9 weeks - baby's CRL was 22mm and blood clot was 48mm (longest dimension). I'm now 32 weeks so there is hope. I was told 90% of people make it through OK and getting to week 12 is very significant. My bleeding stopped at week 14, last red at week 12. Brown blood is normal when you have a blood clot and generally means the clot is reducing, red is not a good sign and you should call the doctor - I had red blood several times so don't panic, its very common too. I had a hematoma (blood clot) in the uterus, mine was not subchorionic (subchorionic means below the chorionic membrane of the placenta). Hope everything works out for you. Kathryn - Glad to hear you've made it to 25 weeks - I was so relieved to get to that stage. The survival rates go up so much each week then - its 96% by week 28. You'll soon have two young babies - you're going to be busy but it'll be lovely! I've just moved house to Saffron Walden so its chaos but fun here and have stopped work - yippee.

Just wanted to let you all know my good news and give you hope that things will work out. I have been on strict bedrest for over a month now with a sch that was twice the size of the baby. During that time, my progesterone levels dropped to an extremely low level and I had severe cramping and contractions. I went to the Dr. today and was told that there was barely a trace of the sch. She did not even measure it. She also told me that I could return home to the USA in ten days. (I have been in South Korea and was unable to fly due to sch). I hope that others will have good news as well and I wil continue to pray for all of you.

Sharonf - wonderful news. Hope you can return to some sort of normality now and have a nice pregnancy in the weeks to come. Kathryn x

I just had a baby 2.5 months ago. Now I find out Iam pregnant again. But this time I'm bleeding and iy started on Sunday, first discarfe, this light brown and now red. Does this mean I lost my baby?

Hi everyone, I just found this thread a few days ago but there is more information here on SCH than I've found anywhere else on the internet. I had brown bleeding, on and off (not really going away, but lightening and then getting heavier, then lighter, etc.) starting at 14w1d. An ultrasound at 14w5d found 2 SCH. One they said was "not a concern" based on it's location, I believe? Away from the placenta? The other they said was on the placenta and they couldn't tell if it was "inside or outside". I a__sume they meant relative to the amniotic sac. I didn't ask a ton of questions because they already had me scheduled for another u/s the following week, so I figured I would find out more then... but as you can relate I'm still trying to learn all I can anyway. The risk as they explained it to me was if the SCH burst, especially if it's on the inside of the sac, that then the blood would all be around the baby and that was a big concern. I asked what would happen, if that meant I would miscarry and she said if that happened I would have to go into the hospital and be on bedrest there for monitoring. So, I am still not clear on exactly what the risks are and what if anything I can do to prevent this bursting. In the interim, before the next u/s, she just said to 'take it easy'. I don't know how large the SCH is but I will ask at the next u/s. If I can ask, what do you know about the location of the SCH relative to how 'bad' (dangerous) it is? I have read a lot here on the board about SCH size but not seen much about where the SCH is located. Thanks everyone. This seems so rare, at least in that it's hard to find any information on it! I will check in after my u/s. Best wishes to all of you for healthy full term babies. PS: Very happy for you, sharonf!

for Latoya, No this does not mean that you lost your baby. Go to the Dr.