Spotting and visit to ER (long)

kelliwill

So yesterday evening I had some spotting. ?It was bright red and I freaked out as I have gone this dar with NO spotting. ?I called My Dr's office and they said to go to the ER. ?We went but the ER doc was horrible. ?He was not an OB and just very cold. ?He kept saying that I could be losing one baby or both and that there is nothing they could do for me if that was the case. ?While I realize that he was correct and I know they couldn't have done anything, it really didn't help to hear it and it certainly didn't help to keep me calm. ?Anyway, they did an u/s and both babies are alive and moving, but the tech made a comment about baby A being "smooshed." ?The spotting stopped and they had to give me a shot of Rhogam (spelling?) because my blood type is A-. ?They also placed me on bed rest for 3-4 days, and pelvic rest. ?I am quite relieved that the babies are okay, but the whole experience was awful. ?I am also aware that some spotting is common, they said it could have been because of everything growing and getting bigger. ?But the whole experience was so upsetting and makes me wonder about any future problems. ?I am curious if anyone else had spotting? ?Also, what are your Dr's procedures for if something goes wrong? ?Do they just have you go to the ER? ?I couldn't even speak to the on-call Dr., however the ER doc called and got the Ok for the shot. ?It just made me think about if there are any future problems am I just going to be told to go to the ER and have to deal with an ER doc whose not an OB. ?Any thoughts/experiences would be helpful. ?Also, my Dr is currently out of the country and when I called today to say that I want to be seen by an associate they fit me in for tomorrow. ?I should also mention that my Doc is not a specialist, so as soon as we found out it was twins (last Wed) I was already thinking we would need to switch. ?Now I really don't know what to do. ?TIA!?

Rebekistan

I started spotting really early and my ob had me come in asap for a u/s and beta testing. But I called during business hours. Did you call after hours?

bearfootz

I had spotting around 14/15 weeks.  When I called the office the nurse said she'd check with the dr. and call back, but usually they recommend drinking lots of water and resting.  She called back with those exact instructions and I highly doubt that she even checked with the dr.  She did tell me if the bleeding increased or if I had cramping to call back.  The next day I started having cramping, though the spotting had stopped, but I called just in case.  This time a different nurse checked with the on-call dr. (mine was off) who gave the same instructions, but when the nurse heard it was twins she said she was going to talk to my doc first thing in the morning and have his nurse call me in case he had further instructions.  The next morning my dr's nurse called and told me to come in to get checked out.  I think my dr. understood the importance of my needing some peace of mind and figured it was better safe than sorry.  Not once did they ever say that if something happened it was beyond their control, obviously, we know that, but it's not something we need to hear. Anyways, in my case the dr. figured something must have irritated the cervix, perhaps I lifted something too heavy.

Sorry you had to go through that. Get some rest and I hope everything goes well for you! 

WeeOnesMama

I had some spotting around 8 weeks and they had me go in for blood tests and U/S (when I found out they were twins!) as pp said.  I had to wait until the next business day as the doctor told me that I was so early that if I was losing the pregnancy there wasn't anything they could do.  Strange as it may sound I would have been thrilled to be sent to the ER.  Then I had some bleeding at 17 weeks and they had me go to L&D for a U/S and exam.  I think its strange that you could't even talk to the on call doc...  I'm glad to hear your little ones are doing well.  Best wishes!

kelliwill

Thank you. ?As much as it was not fun to go to the ER having an u/s and knowing that the babies were okay really helped me. ?I am upset and thought it was strange that I could not even talk to the on-call doc at my dr's office. ?I have decided that I want to go to a different Dr. ?I really like my Doc however she is in general med. and even though she has a lot of OB experience and is one of 3 docs at the office who do OB work, I feel like I need someone else and a practice that has a better emergency/on-call plan. ?I go tomorrow to see the Dr who is covering for my doc (she's out of the country) and I will tell them I want to transfer. ?I found one office that I like and made an appt. for next week, they just need my records, which I will request tomorrow. ?We'll see how it goes. ?Thank you for sharing your stories. ?It helps to know that others have had spotting too and things are okay. ?

lisa&andy

I had 2 bleeding episodes where I ended up in the ER, once at 13 weeks and then again 2 days later. They wouldn't see me in L&D until 20 weeks, we got the whole thing about how they can't do anything, blah, blah blah. The ER doctor talked to the oncall doctor from our office and they did ultrasounds both times and both babies were fine and had no clue what was going on, got the Rho-gam shot as well. I saw my doctor 2 days after the 2nd episode and he did an u/s and determined it was a subchronic hematoma that caused the bleeding. I was put on pelvic rest until it cleared. I would continue looking for a doctor that deals with multiples, my OB kept stressing to me that I am carrying twins and everything is going to a little more irriated and that spotting is not uncommon with multiples. I would follow up with an associate and see what they say, but I would continue the search for a peri if you are not seeing one. FWIW, I haven't had any more issues with bleeding or related to it since.

kelliwill

lisa&andy:

I had 2 bleeding episodes where I ended up in the ER, once at 13 weeks and then again 2 days later. They wouldn't see me in L&D until 20 weeks, we got the whole thing about how they can't do anything, blah, blah blah. The ER doctor talked to the oncall doctor from our office and they did ultrasounds both times and both babies were fine and had no clue what was going on, got the Rho-gam shot as well. I saw my doctor 2 days after the 2nd episode and he did an u/s and determined it was a subchronic hematoma that caused the bleeding. I was put on pelvic rest until it cleared. I would continue looking for a doctor that deals with multiples, my OB kept stressing to me that I am carrying twins and everything is going to a little more irriated and that spotting is not uncommon with multiples. I would follow up with an associate and see what they say, but I would continue the search for a peri if you are not seeing one. FWIW, I haven't had any more issues with bleeding or related to it since.

Thank you. ?I am continuing to look for another doctor and have an apt. next week. ?The one problem is that there is literally one perinatologist in all of the area that I live in. ?I see them Thursday for my NT scan and tomorrow I asked them how I can make an appt. ?They said that I would need a referral, I will be asking for one tomorrow. ?Thank you so much!?