Panicking - second trimester

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First time poster looking for reassurance please. I’m currently 15+4 with my second and had a relatively textbook first trimester.

Had my 12 week scan at 13+6 and all looked good, but the evening after it I had a huge red bleed (write off bed sheet type bleed). Gynae checked me over, cervix was closed, the refused to scan me and said it could be a miscarriage, go home and come back in if it gets worse.

The next day when I got up I had another smaller but still significant red bleed, so went into Maternity Assessment as I was now 14 weeks. I was in pieces but they scanned me, found a very active baby, checked my cervix and again closed.

The Monday after I had another smaller red bleed, so went back in again. They checked my cervix - (have never had so much action in a weekend!) and did a doppler and found the heartbeat.

I then had a week of nothing - small bits of brown when wiping which then died down. Until now - the last 3 mornings I’ve woken up to small brown bleeds, more than wiping but not clots etc. I’ve got backache and maybe some aching/pressure around my ovaries? But no cramping. Maternity Assessment said there was no need to come in unless it worsened but they can’t really reassure me..

I feel totally overwhelmed and panicked, like I’m just waiting to find out I’ve miscarried. I didn’t have anything like this in my first pregnancy and the Midwives wouldn’t / couldn’t say what it may be and what the impact of it could be. Looking for reassurance / similar experiences or just some realism as to what it could be even if it’s not good news.

Thanks for reading the essay!

I didn't want to read and run. I am sorry you are going through this. I've got everything crossed for you. Hopefully someone will be along who can offer more practical advice.

Sane as above, just wanted to say I'm very sorry you are going through this and really hope everything is ok. It must be such a stressful time for you!
Hopefully someone who has experienced this will reply soon but, in the meantime, please try and take it easy and get plenty of rest.

Thanks both - really appreciate the kind words.

Hi @OP, I’ve had a similar experience recently, I’m 12+2 and had bright red bleeds (massive ruin your knickers types) at 5, 7, 8 and 10 weeks, all with lots of browny stuff in between them. I’ve had three scans so far which have all shown heartbeats (praise the Lord!) the sonographer said it’s a heamatoma which is like a blood bruise that bursts every now and then. They don’t seem too worried unless the bleeding is sustained red and accompanied by cramping but obviously I am on pins! I have my 12 week scan next week (at 13+1) where I’m hoping they’ll say that the size of the haematoma has reduced further ( it’s 6cm x 2cm at the moment) or apparently they can just be reabsorbed rather than bleeding out. Obviously praying for a healthy heartbeat too!

Hi @henryshome

Sorry to hear you’ve been experiencing the same, but relieved in a selfish way to hear I’m not alone. I had wondered if it was a hematoma but had doubted myself as the sonographer hadn’t picked it up at my 12 week scan! I’ll be keeping everything crossed for you. X

Bump?

I’ve not found them to be very forthcoming with information and had to press a little for them to tell me the cause of the bleeding and it’s size etc. I’ve phoned EPAU a number of times over the last month or so (v anxious pregnancy especially as I lost a baby at 20 weeks in Nov) and they’ve never seemed too bothered about this type of bleeding and only wanted to call me in before my next scheduled scan if I was changing a pad every hour for 2-3 hours and had severe cramping which fortunately I haven’t had. Sending you lots of love!

Sorry @HenrysHome, decided to just sod it and rang them again and they were really nice and said I should go in as I had back pain as well as the brown blood.

A doppler confirmed baby is all good and another speculum (lucky me!) confirms there’s a cervical ectropion (spelling?!) which can cause some bleeding. Still in some pain but at least I’m not out of my mind worried for now!

Maybe when you are into MAC they will be a little more welcoming, sorry to hear you’ve been kind of brushed off, you would hope especially after your loss that they would welcome you in for reassurance.

Thinking of you and hoping you have a really smooth remainder of your pregnancy xx

I had a similar experience had a heavy red bleed at 14 weeks and 2 days followed by 2 more heavy bleeds that same week and light bleeding on the days in between. Went to the hospital 3 times, cervix closed each time on my second had a scan and baby was fine and they could see no reason for the bleed, had a private scan for a second opinion and again no reason was found. The hospital basically said not to go back unless it was heavy bleeding with clots alongside a lot of pain. After that week I had 2 and a bit weeks of brown spotting and the occasional light bleed, phoned midwife a few times and they said some people just bleed and to go hospital if it got worse but by that point it was mainly brown discharge. Now 22 weeks and everything is fine no bleeding for weeks now, 20 week scan was good and feel baby moving away. Glad you were seen again and they gave you a reason for the bleed, try not to stress but obviously call your midwife if anything feels different.

Hi, just wanted to say, I know someone who had similar all through her pregnancy.
I can't remember exactly what they called it, but bled like you're describing on and off throughout pregnancy.
But she's now got a healthy 18 month old!