Subchorionic Hematoma - Looking for advice

[Savva06]

Hi all,

Had a very emotional few days and hoping for some advise/reassurance from the site.

My partner is 12 weeks pregnant and was feeling very uncomfortable on Friday night, we went to bed and she woke up at 2am with a significant amount of blood on the bed and her PJs soaked.

Obviously we panicked and went straight to A&E, due to the corona situation my partner had to wait other own. When she was seen they checked her hormone levels and eventually got a GYN to check her cervix.

The GYN told my partner she had miscarried and would need her to stay in hospital for her to pass the baby. As you can imagine this was a very hard time for her, especially since I had to wait in the car and she was on her own.

Luckily the nurses on the ward let me come in when they saw how upset she was. Around 4 hours later they did a routine scan to just make sure there's no other complications.

Again I was unable to accompany her (which I understand) she came back in 15 minutes later in tears and told me baby was still there with a strong heartbeat!!

Turns out my partner had a Subchorionic Hematoma, we were advised that my partner had to move as little as possible (easier now we are in quarantine) and we just had to wait for the pregnancy to process.

Since we left the hospital the bleeding has slowed substantially and there are no longer any clots, however my partner has been having intermittent stomach pains and is now feeling very cold, I'm not sure if this is due to the last few days of blood loss?

Is this normal and does anyone have any tips of advice for us?

Thank you!

Call 111 and see what they say. And add some blankets, give her lots to drink and some high energy foods. Disclaimer: I am not medically trained.

Call 111 or go back to A&E. The Feeling cold is worrying me a bit - best be on the safe side x

We have rang our GP this morning and she can give us a little more information on what this condition is.

Hi @Savva06

Sorry to hear that your partners not been well 💐

But I just wanted to say I've been going through the same thing!

When I was 11.6 weeks pregnant I woke up at 3am with a gush of light pink water (previously had a miscarriage and was convinced my waters had broke) this was followed by lots of heavy bright red blood.

Went for an emergency scan and was amazed to see all was fine and that I had a SCH the same. I went home and had a few more gushes of blood and big clots until it turned into just spotting the next 2 days. Thought it had cleared then a few days later had the biggest bleed yet! This tapered off after a week. Again a few days of nothing then another smaller bleed!

In total I bled for around 3.5 weeks heavy on and off and also had cramping. Went for another scan at 13.5 weeks and the bleed was still there but not causing me any problems.

I'm now not bleeding anymore for over a week (touch wood) and 16.1 weeks today x