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Yes, I have. I had a dating scan done last week & was told that I had twin sacs, but only a singular fetus had grown & that behind the placenta there is a subchorionic hematoma. This will be my sixth baby & apart from having severe morning sickness, I have not experienced any problems before, so this is pretty scary.

Erin I am so glad to hear you are pregnant again, congratulations! I am now 12 weeks and no update yet, have been on bed rest for 3 weeks and my appointment is Monday the 6th of March. I'm keeping my fingers crossed as that's all the Dr told me to do! No more bleeding though which I hope is a good thing. Although I worry sometimes because my nausea and b___st tenderness has gone away. Maybe it just stopped early?

I am 8 weeks with my 4th child. I woke up last night and I had started bleeding. I called my Dr. and they are doing a pregnancy hormone test to make sure that it is still rising. anyone know why they would do this? I have had this with my second child but they told me that they have not seen anything like this before so I have been doing my own research on it and I think I have this. Is that why they are checking my hormone level?

Hi everyone! Well I got bad news yesterday. I have have had another miscarrage! It really sucks! I have to go have surgery on Tuesday morning. Thats the only thing I really hate about the whole thing.

Erin, sorry for the bad news, that is why they check your hormone levels. The HCG hormone should go up everyday, if the numbers are low or drop from one day to the next it means it is not a viable pregnancy. I have had many of these myself. I hope you are going to try again? I was pregnant the next month after a miscarriage. Good luck to you, and hang in there!

Vicky, I hope that they are checking your blood levels. My daughter was bleeding alot with her pregnancy and she was finally so weak, dizzy and nauseated and when they checked her hemoglobin it was down to 62 and she required two blood transfusions to bring it back up.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say how thankful I am for all of your posts. I have been diagnosed with subchorionic hemotoma since the end of my seventh week. I am only in my eighth week now. When I started bleeding I was sure my pregnancy was ending. I went to the ER and had an ultrasound the next day. They found a heart beat and I was put on sedentary rest for two weeks (which I am still on). I just had another ultrasound yesterday and the baby was fine. But I am sooo scared because the hemotoma is still there and my doctor said it was a "fair" size. I originally bled for 3 days from start to finish. Heavy at first and then it slowed. I pa__sed only tiny clots. This is my first pregnany and I am so worried because I want this baby so very much. I am trying to stay positive but cautiously so because I fear the worst.

Hi Julia, I am in your same boat. In my 6th week of pregnancy, I was spotting bright red blood so I called my dr. and he said to go to the hospital (he wasen't in that day) and that is when they found the hematoma but never told me. Just told me it was a threatened miscarriage. Called dr. next day and he put me on bed rest for 1 week. 2 weeks later I was at work and I felt a gush and went to the restroom and there was blood on my underwear and in the toilet. I thought I lost my baby for sure. We tried for a year for this baby. Then I went to the hospital again and that is when they told me about the hematoma. My dr. put me on bed rest again until the bleeding stoped. Well it stoped 1 week later for 2 days then started again. So I ended up on bed rest for 3 weeks. Now at 14 weeks 1 day, the bleeding has stopped for now. When I had an ultra sound at 10 weeks the dr. saw some blood there and said it will either come out or redisolve itself. So I am just praying it does redisolve itself. The only advise I can say is don't give up. It is so scary to have a bleed but I just keep telling myself that everything is going to be just fine. Somedays are good somedays are not so hot. I wish there was an invention that we could see at home how our babys are. Just try and keep a positive att_tude. I hope everything works out for you all.

I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with a mild hematoma but the baby had a good heartbeat (at 6 weeks of pregnancy). I just went in yesterday for a repeat u/s (at 9 weeks 2 days) and the baby measured 9 weeks but had died. I was so upset, and for some reason the fact that it had just happened made it a lot harder. This is my second miscarriage in 2 years and there was no explanation for the first one, which was at 7.5 weeks. Both times there was no bleeding at all and the demise had been a complete shock. The doctors won't test me until I have another loss. I am so sorry for anyone going through this, as we all just want to protect our babies as best we can, and the presence of a hematoma can really bring on such a helpless feeling.

Thanks for all your experiences. This is not only stressfull for the mothers but also for the relatives. My sister is presently in hospital with a hematoma, this site has given me the information I so badly needed. Still I have more questions, and I would be grateful If you have any answers to. She is in the 7th week, started to bleed in the 6th with some cramps and pain. The blood is now dark but a week ago it was fresh. The dr gave progesterone injections but she couldn't move anymore from the injections. Now she has something called "pason". I cannot find anything on the web on this. Do any of you know it? As her sister I am concerned for her own health as well, have any of you experienced any other symptomes or side effects? Thanks you in advance and again for all the above reactions!

I was dx with this 2 wks ago after heavy bleeding. This is my 5th pg: 2 m/c, 1 dd-9yr, 1 tubal, and now finally pg after 2 IVF attempts. Needless to say that after all this and TTC for 8 yrs, I'm more than a little worried. I've been on Lovenox--blood thinner-- for a blood clotting disorder so I'm kind of surprised that I'd get a blood clot like this. I'm 9 w 3 d pg. Last u/s showed good h/b and excellent growth, but clot is growing larger too--I think 4 cm right now. Dr. said if I get out of 1st trimester with good heart beat I should have a good chance despite the hematoma. Too bad people stop posting once their clots dissolve or are pa__sed--I want to hear success stories!

The medicine my sister is on is called spasfon. Apparently it is to relax the muscles of the womb to avoid contractions. Have any of you used this?

Hi Maylee , I was diagnosed with Sub chronic hemotoma when i was 20 weeks pregnant since i used to spot . My U/S doctor put me on Semi rest which is no lifting , no exercise ...... . Am having Monthly U/S , Mine was 2 cms , it never grew bigger nor got dissolved until 29 weeks when i went in for my last u/s i was in 33 weeks and they did not find it also and that could be the reason i stopped spotting after 30 weeks . My Ob/gyn kept telling me i will be fine as the clot it too small compared to the baby . Mine was behind the placenta . Now am in my 36 th week . Please let me know if you need any other information. Thanks!

tracie, you are right about the hematoma was diagnosed at 12wks with clot bleed since. went to er on mar 26 with pain. dr. said pain was from my bladder infection. did fine until mar 28. i had same pain and thought it was ok. my little girl was born with no heartbeat. she was 11 oz. never got to see her. husband thought it best not to. i buried my little girl on apr 1. wanted to let you know that you are not alone. my dr.'s had me on pelvic rest but not bed rest. they told me that she probably would have never made it to full term. this is my second miscarriage if you can call it that. i think that anyone who has this problem should pay close attention to it and do not let dr.'s tell you it's ok. make them pay attention and do something. my dr did not do anything. they said it would absorb. have to wait 4 months to find out if this is what took my little girl from me. i also had the afp tests come up positive and had a choice on doing an amneo. my husband and i decided against it . we decided that it was in god's hands. we could never terminate if amneo came up positive. now i am trying to understand why my little girl was taken from me. it seems like a very bad joke cause i felt her and saw her. anything can happen. i want everyone to be cautious and to make sure the dr does whats he needs to. losing my little girl is the worst thing that could ever happen and i am trying to deal with all of this pain. my husband and i had tried to get pregnant for 2 years with 1 miscarriage before. i am here if anyone needs to talk.

Melissa--I am so so sorry . Words from a stranger can mean little, I'm sure. I hope you can find some comfort. Hope you're able to find some answers. If you're ok talking about it, I wonder how big your hematoma was? How far along were you? Thank you for sharing your story. Amy

hi maylee. thanks for writing me back. to answer your questions, i am not exactly sure how big it is because my dr.'s never told me but it did look pretty big on ultrasound. I had just turned 20 weeks on mar. 25. her heartbeat stayed around 150 to 160 and my dr.'s acted like it was no big deal. now they are telling me that they believe that she never would have made it full term. i also had a very bad bladder infection along with an infection insied my uterus from bleeding for over 3 months straight. i donot know anything yet cause results of autopsy are not back yet. they said it could take 1 to 4 months for results. all dr.'s are saying is that they think it was the infection inside my uterus which would be the blood clot. it is nice to know that people care and i am not the only one with this problem. please make sure your dr. stays on top of things because i would not want this to happen to you. also make sure they have as high risk and keep checking on it. will check in soon to see if you wrote. i hope everything goes well for you. i will keep you in my prayers. try not to worry so much cause stress is not good. i know that it is hard to do but all you can do is rely on god to take care of you. god bless everyone who is going through this. melissa