Miscarriage 6+1 after IVF

[MollieTD]

Just looking for some positive outcomes even though I know what the answer is.
5th shot at IVF, multiple CPs previously but this one showed a strong line last week - HGC blood test back on Tuesday, the nurse booked me in for a heart scan and said she wouldn’t be surprised to see two heartbeats.
Fast forward to Weds evening and suddenly I have a period-type feeling and a gush of bright red blood. Bleeding continued for a few hours, more blood than I’d see in a period accompanied with huge dark red clots. I’m on Fragmin, I’m not sure if this makes a difference. Clinic were lovely, said they’ve seen it go either way but there’s nothing they can do for now - will scan when and if the bleeding stops.
It seems to have stopped mostly this morning but I’m very sore. Tests still showing very positive (though I guess they would either way)
Is this definitely a miscarriage?

No it's not definitely a miscarriage. It could be a haematoma, or you may have lost one embryo if you had two transferred. It's awful but there's nothing you can do but wait for the scan. Crossing my fingers for you x

Thankyou @lawandgin - I was holding on to maybe it was the loss of one, we had two transferred. Just can’t quite believe that there can be that much blood and clots and still anything there.

@MollieTD I've not experienced it myself, but I've heard lots of women have heavy bleeding, be convinced it's all over and it isn't. I really hope that's the case for you x

I had haematomas in both my full term pregnancies.

With my second I had 2 full on gushes of blood. There was a lot. Baby is now almost 3 and very very lively.

If it happens, lie on your left side and rest as much as you can.

I hope it's just that and baby is all well.

@Twizbe Thank you - does a haematoma cause cramps and clots though? Trying hard to stay positive! -(and not Google the shit out of everything)-

Cramps in early pregnancy are very common. I had them but they didn't tend to line up with the big bleeds.

Not IVF, but after having DD1 (where I literally didn’t have any bleeding from my period the previous month until my “bloody show” during labour ten months later!) my pregnancy couldn’t have been more different with DD2. Because I’d already had a pregnancy with no bleeding whatsoever, I assumed that was normal for my body. So when I was trying for the next baby and one month just had a normal period, I obviously thought I was out. I was only inspired to test around four days in to my perfectly usual period when I felt very sick one morning and that carried on. Positive. But it must have been a miscarriage. This wasn’t a bit of spotting, this was a full on clots-n-all period with cramping and PMT!

Long story short, I bled for 20 weeks non stop with DD2. Heavy, often painful bleeding. It made no sense that a baby was hanging on through that! I had so many scans and each midwife or consultant was more baffled than the last, the baby was fine, I wasn’t! I had to have iron infusions and transfusions in the end and must have kept ClearBlue and their friends in business because I took about 12 tests a day!!

Seven years later, DD2 is a perfectly usual kid and I ended up having a normal enough pregnancy after around halfway through. I just woke up one morning and the bleeding had stopped. Labour was usual and she was a decent size born. But if you’d asked me when I was 5+1 what I thought my chances of keeping her in was, I would have bet good money on it all being over, for SURE. My takeaway from that experience was that anything can happen, pregnancy is weird (even if you think you’ve got a handle on it).

Good luck @MollieTD. There’s every chance this might drive you loopy but that your baby may be fine. My story is far from unique. Keeping everything crossed for you.

@TrampolineForMrKite thank you so much for taking the time to write that! Really kind of you and a slight bit of hope. Really glad it all worked out okay for you.

Managed to speak to a nurse this morning - the outlook doesn’t sound positive, in for another HGC blood test tomorrow. Bleeding seems have stopped.

Fingers very much crossed for you. Xxxx

Are you going to have a scan?

Thank you @grace1991 - I guess it will depend on the outcome of the blood test.

Any update OP?🙏

Unbelievably, I managed to book an early private scan yesterday afternoon and there was a heartbeat!! And a relatively small subchorionic haemorrhage which was the source of all the bleeding. Still in absolute shock.
Thank you for asking @grace1991!

Oh, I am pleased for you! Best of luck moving forwards.

That's great.

That's what I had with both pregnancies. I bled on and off throughout the first trimester.

Huge congratulations :)

Great news @MollieTD this happened to me last month. I have a medium sized Hematoma, bled/spotted for 2 weeks.
Baby is fine. Still showing Hematoma on a scan but I'm not bleeding anymore 😀

Thank you it seems absolutely impossible that anything could survive that much blood! How were you advised to manage it @laurenGame @Twizbe? Could you carry on as normal or complete rest? All I want to do is go for a run to quiet my head but I guess that’s definitely off the cards for a long while now!

@MollieTD just reading through so pleased for you 💗

@EmJay19 thank you so much! The support and sharing of experiences has helped so much.

@MollieTD oh no no run! There has been no proof that bed rest helps hematoma, but it's still advised to really take it easy.
I haven't ran since the bleed. I do walks, max of 5km.

No other ways to manage Hematoma, apart from the waiting game x

Just that really. Don't over do it and take it easy. If you bleed, lie on your left side until it stops. Brown blood is old blood and you might get some brown spotting along with red gushes.

With my son it was more spotting but with my daughter it was more gushing.

I was also on pelvic rest with my two as I developed a cervical ectropion. That meant no sex for the whole 9 months. I also had limited internal examinations as that all just made me bleed.

We also stopped having sex. Had it once since but was v v careful - I started bright red spotting after so we stopped it completely.

Two successful IVF pregnancies and bleeding for 15 weeks with both, loads of blood, huge clots. It can work out. (Normal full term pregnancy with one, problematic premature delivery with the second but the bleeding was the same with both.)

Bleeding can be normal during pregnancy - especially if it's just a bit