Subchorionic Hematoma? Anyone else had this?

[Anonymous]

I’m 6 weeks 4 days pregnant after an FET with a frozen donor egg embryo. I thought for sure I miscarried yesterday when I had a large, sudden bleed but when I went in today for an ultrasound the gestational sac was still there and my doctor said it was a hematoma and didn’t seem too concerned. This happened after being told earlier in the week after my first ultrasound that my odds of having a viable pregnancy aren’t great because the sac was measuring small. No heartbeat yet. So it’s been an emotional roller coaster this week. Anyone have experience with this that they can share? From what I’ve read this is more likely to occur with IVF pregnancies. I’m a nervous wreck...TIA for any insight you can provide.

[Anonymous]

I had one with twins. I too thought that it was bad news. I was about 8 weeks and went to the doctor the same day. They saw the heartbeats. I bleed until week 16 and it was painful, but I went full term.

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Best wishes.

[Anonymous]

I too had this with my twins. I started bleeding at 12 weeks (night after we told everyone...ugh). I ended up having to have a cerclage because I kept bleeding for weeks and my cervics ended up opening. I delivered healthy twins at 34 weeks. Congratulations and try to not worry too much.

[Anonymous]

Did the doctor say if it was above or below the gestational sac? Below is actually better, because as it bleeds it doesn’t have to go around the gestational sac. But mine have been above, too, and fine (but haven’t bled with them)

I’ve had them with every pregnancy I’ve had (two live births, three miscarriages and pregnant now and, sure enough, there’s one). With the live births and one miscarriage, my body has reabsorbed them by 8/9 weeks with no bleeding. The other two miscarriages, the hematomas were so so so massive (head doc of shady grove said he had never seen one so big and other one they said the hematoma at 6 weeks was about the size of a grapefruit which is INSANE) that they unfortunately did cause the miscarriages. But this is very rare! But PLEASE monitor your bleeding- I needed 5 units of blood in multiple blood transfusions by the end of one of them.

If you are on baby aspirin, ask your doctor immediately if you should stop taking it. For me, the two massive hematomas, that were also the only two that bled, also happened to be the ones I was on baby aspirin.

[Anonymous]

Had them with both my pregnancies - went to ER due to amount of bleeding with both - two kids are here - 6 and 8! Scared the bejeesus out of me both times they bled - did bed rest with both .... until they absorbed or shrank enough

[Anonymous]

I was a nervous FTM at age 41 and had this at 8 weeks. Bleeding scared the life out of me. Points here really helped my sanity. My delightful, healthy 7 year old is laughing in the room with me now.

Search the archives here. It’s scary but common and there are many survival stories. Worrying won’t help....enjoy the hopeful stories here.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it was my first pregnancy ever following an FET. I was wrecked. SGF said it was just an SCH based on the ultrasound. That pregnancy went to full term and the baby was completely healthy (now in preschool)! It ain't over 'til it's over.

[Anonymous]

Had one with my twins. No idea if this is true or not but my OB said they were more common with IVF pregnancies.

[Anonymous]

I had one with my 4th pregnancy, which was not via IVF. I had painless bright red bleeding that began at 10 weeks. I bled off/on until around 18 weeks, and on my 20 week ultrasound the hematoma was not visible anymore.

The MFM who saw me at 12 weeks told me that most of the time, they do not cause a problem, and it ended up okay for me. Although the bleeding was scary, the pregnancy was otherwise uneventful and I delivered 5 days after my due date.

[Anonymous]

Yes - I was diagnosed with one at 7 weeks (really had no idea what it was) and beld a lot right after I was told I had one. Terrifying but it eventually stopped. I did have residual brown spottting for a few weeks after but that seems to have cleared up. Currently 15 weeks now.

[Anonymous]

I had bad subchorionic hematomas with all 3 of my ivf pregnancies. The 1st I lost at 12 weeks, but the next two pregnancies are 3 years old, and 11 months old. The doctors told me the loss was likely unrelated to the SCH, although unexplained. I had sporadic bouts of scary heavy bleeding for all 3. With the two term pregnancies, the bleeding ended early in the 2nd trimester and the SCH was no longer visible by roughly halfway through the 2nd trimester. My MFM told me that the bleeding and size of the SCH were less important than how it was positioned. If it surrounded the embryo that was more troubling, but she also said that was very rare, and that SCH's themselves are actually pretty common and the majority resolve themselves with no issues.
Hugs to you, I know how scary bleeding can be.

[Anonymous]

I had one for 3 out of my 4 pregnancies. I only miscarried one of those pregnancies. In that case the SCH was really large. I'm not sure that the SCH caused the miscarriage but I do recall ready some study at the time that very large SCHs have a higher miscarriage rate. My other two pregnancies had smaller SCHs and both went to term. Best wishes