Bleed over cervix at 19 weeks

[Zara1234uk]

Hey everyone, I’m writing this on behalf of my sister to see if anyone can help. She’s just 19 weeks and has had a large bleed around 4 weeks ago we were sure she had lost the baby. Been for scans and the baby is fine! All measuring correctly and heartbeats strong. She had a bleed measuring around 3cm x 2cm back then on the left wall of her uterus. She’s not really done an awful lot since then but yesterday she went for her next scan and they said baby’s great again but the bleed has grown to around 4cmx5cm and is now situated over her cervix. The doctor was very blunt and said she could go into labour as early as 21/22 weeks as bleed is over cervix and that there was nothing they would do to stop this at this point. She’s of course devastated and worrying constantly. She has stopped lifting anything and is trying to take it easy as possible but she’s back at work after 6 weeks off and is panicking now. Has anyone been through anything similar? I’ve googled frantically and found progesterone mentioned a lot but the doc said there was no fix and to wait and see.. can anyone advise please?
Thanks so much for reading.

Sorry I forgot to add she is still having tiny amounts of bleeding daily. Nothing major though! Thanks

Anyone?

Progesterone pessaries help strengthen the cervix if it is shortened and a risk of pre term labour.

I’m very surprised they haven’t signed her off work to be honest, I had a shortened cervix due to previous Lletz and was high risk of pre term labour. I was on prog pessaries from 18 weeks until 34 weeks and signed as fit to work but on reduced hours and working from home a lot.

There was a huge push to get me through my pregnancy and I had the consultant every 2 weeks with internal scans.

When is her next appointment? I think she should push to get signed off at least to the point where the pregnancy would be viable if she was to go into pre term labour.

She should talk to her midwife about being signed off to rest. I had issues later in my pregnancy and ended up off from 32 weeks (sick then early mat leave). I felt guilty and my employer made all the right noises about being supportive and me taking it easy but of course as soon as I was there it was business as usual. It's not worth the risk.

Thank you both for replying. She was signed off when she first had the bleed but said she can’t afford to have anymore time off.
I wish she wouldn’t go to work too but both her and her husband are adamant she must. She will be sat at her desk mainly I guess but..
The hospital haven’t been all that helpful to be honest (yes mainly as she’s not viable) but the baby kicks and we all feel him so it’s obviously astounding that they won’t do anything to help.
Her cervix was closed on last internal so they’ve said that the bleed may irritate it and cause it to open and her go into labour. She said the doctor rushed in, bluntly blurted out all of the above and said do you have questions or do you understand? And left!
So I’m not sure if progesterone would help? I had it when I had ivf but I don’t know much about it.
Thanks ladies

That doc sounds horrid. I can't help but in her shoes I'd be going to see my midwife and demanding to be referred to a consultant at the hospital.

Yes @Frazzled2207 I was thinking the same thing, I will get her to call tomorrow and arrange to see the midwife thank you

She can asked to be referred to a consultant, I was seen by one at 21 weeks and 15 weeks. Progesterone pessaries also help later on in pregnancy, not just the first trimester, but as hers is bleed related they might not. I was on them for a weak cervix from 24 weeks up to 36 weeks and it prevented my cervix shortening further than it already had. I'd definitely be speaking the the midwife, plus putting a complaint in about that doctor

@Zara1234uk

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Thanks so much guys for your responses she’s got an urgent appointment with the consultant today at 12- her notes read off screen by the midwife say the doctor in question recommended bed rest, in person she actually said carry on as normal and told us the placenta was lying over the cervix then backtracked and said oh no it’s the bleed sorry. I’m going to accompany her today and enquire about progesterone even if we pay privately! Thanks girls xx