Just hoping to hear from others who have been/are in the same position.
At 19 weeks I was admitted to the maternity ward for three nights following a moderate bleed. I was consequently signed off work for 6 weeks (I'm a teacher). I rested, had no further bleeds and went back to work. A few days later I had my 20 week scan and found that my placenta was completely covering the cervix and there was a clot. By 24 weeks, the clot had been absorbed and the placenta had moved a little so was no longer covering the cervix but was still low.
On Wednesday this week, having been back at work for just a week and a half, I woke up at midnight to a gush of blood, ran to the toilet and passed a huge clot. My husband rushed me to maternity triage and I stayed in the hospital for another two days.
We're now home but honestly, I'm quite traumatised. When we were admitted, we were told that there was a moderate to high chance we would need to be transferred to a larger hospital that could deal with babies under 28 weeks and to prepare for the chance that our little one would be coming early as I was at risk of hemorrhage. Thankfully, the bleeding, although heavy, stopped quickly so it did not come to that but we know that this is a possibility should it happen again. We've been told to aim for 34 weeks minimum to be on the safe side but it is so hard not having any control. I don't know how I'm going to cope over the coming weeks. Thankfully I'm on Easter break now for two weeks but I don't know what I'm going to do about going back to work. I feel so scared and incredibly vulnerable. We've waited 7 years for baby and gone through multiple miscarriages, immune therapy and three cycles of IVF to get baby boy and I have absolutely no faith in my body left and just feel like a failure.