That's the technical name for the bruise that's in my uterus. It started on Sunday when I got out of the shower. I was drying off and all of a sudden, GUSH, blood all over the towel. I remained calm and yelled for Chris to get the car keys because we needed to go to the hospital. It's amazing how well I can hold it together in emergency situations, at least on the way to the ER I was strong, no emotions just focus. We got there and checked in, then I lost it. I was having tunnel vision and every ones voices sounded so loud, I was having an anxiety attack and I needed my own room. Right about that time the nurse called me back. Tons of questions. All of which I answered at least twice. I had to tell her I was an IVF patient at least 3 times. Finally, after all the interrogation she wheels me off to my own room. The Dr. comes in and I answer the same questions and ask him to please page my Dr. He tells me the protocol we need to follow and that he'll page Dr. V. So, in comes the nurse. IV in my arm, 6 tubes of blood drawn. My nurse was amazing, so kind and comforting, she made me feel so much better. Next came the catheter; they had to fill my bladder for the ultrasound so we could see my uterus better. By this point I'm bleeding heavily and sobbing uncontrollably. First they look to make sure the baby isn't in one of my tubes, luckily, they were clear. Next comes the dildo cam. He takes his time scanning each ovary measuring and looking for who the hell knows what. I'm becoming impatient and want to look for the baby. He finally moves on to the uterus and there my lil bean is. 6.7mm long with a heart rate 104. I couldn't believe we had a heartbeat!!! It was amazing. After all that bleeding our lil bean was still going strong. They finish up with my ultrasound and I'm wheeled back to my room to wait for the news. That's when the Dr. comes in and tells me about the subchronic hemorrhage and that it's 50/50 at this point. He says that sometimes these things resolve themselves and that there is nothing I can do but rest and hope for the best. We are discharged and I'm told to call my regular Dr. in the morning.
Yesterday morning I woke up and called Dr. V. He told us to come in for another ultra sound. I bring in all my lab work, my HCG was 18,000 which is great! We start the ultrasound and there is the lil bean again. This time the heart rate has gone up to 113. Dr. V said I do have a bruise in my uterus and that it was what caused the blood. He said that most of the time these things resolve themselves, but it could take a while and that we should be optimistic. He said the baby was measuring a little small, but that could be from late implantation and we'll check again in a week. In the meantime I have to rest, no exercise at all and lots of fluids cause dehydration can cause the bruise to get worse. He reassures us again that he has seen this bruise many times, that I'm not the only one with this problem and a lot of the time it goes away.
I'm home now for the second day. My bleeding pretty much stopped yesterday morning and I'm just passing old brown blood now. I feel good, haven't had any cramping. We are optimistic, I really do believe that we are going to be OK. We have been through so much already, what's another hurdle. I can handle it. I'm going to rest up until Thursday and go back to work on Friday. I truly believe that staying positive is so important, so that's what I'm focusing on. Our lil bean is gonna be just fine!
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Hi,
I had my first baby by IVF and I too had a sub-chorionic hemorrhage around 8 weeks. I bled up to 14 weeks and then suddenly the bleeding stopped. My doctor said that it happened more in IVF pregnancies,but he was pretty positive that it will resolve itself.I took a lots of rest and drank lots of fluids. I hope that yours resolves itself soon and will pray for you. Good luck with everything.
Best Wishes for your Lil Bean! That is a strong little one in there for sure. Rest up and Drink up!
Oh my, I'm know this must have been a hard for you. Your right, you have to stay positive and know it's going to be alright.
Hello,
I had my twins via IVF two years ago. About six weeks along, I began bleeding from (what I would later find out was) a subchorionic hemorrhage. I bled on and off until about 16 weeks both bright red and brown blood. Eventually, it just went away! Neither baby was affected though. I will be thinking about you and wishing you great things!
I'll be watching for your next update! What a frightening experience!
Hi,
I am pregnant with my first child after an ectopic pregnancy and 3 attempts via IVF. One morning during the 9th week I woke up feeling very wet and found that I was bleeding heavily. We rushed up to the ER in floods of tears and we too had to answer a lot of questions an number of times. I was still bleeding heavily and the doctor told us to expect the worst. He went on to say that he might not be able to arrange a scan until the following morning! I insisted that I have a scan that day and managed to have the scan a few hours later. In the scan we could see that the baby was still there and we could see movement and a heart beat. The nurse showed us a dark patch close to the baby and told us that this was where the blood was coming from and that I should expect more blood. I have been told that this is an extrachorionic haemorrhage. I cant find any info on the web about extrachorionic only subchorionic. All the sites I have seen say that people were advised to have complete bed rest but I have been told to carry on as normal. By the 11th week I was still passing small amounts of brown blood. When I got to 12 weeks I had another heavy bleed, still brown in colour though and I am still experiencing this at 13 weeks.
I am totally confused and don't really know what to think. My midwife etc dont seem to be worried and havent mentioned any 50/50 chance of things going wrong or any threat to my baby. I cant help but worry though and I havent been offered another scan untill Im 15 weeks. I guess I just have to plod on and hope for the best.
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