Hoping FOR a subchorionic hematoma!?

smo007 · May 2012

A week ago, when I should have been 7w0d, I started spotting very light brown when I wiped for about 1.5 days along with a dull, achy pain in my lower abdomen. Woke up the next morning with bright red blood upon standing, including worsening aches (wouldn't really call them cramps because they did not come and go...just a constant, dull ache). Called my OB in the morning and the nurse said it most likely was a subchorionic hematoma and that I should keep my first prenatal appointment, which wasn't for another week. Fast forward a few hours and I have some quarter-sized clots passed after standing up and worsening pain (still not terrible, like a 4/10 pain). I call the OB again (hoping that this time they'll schedule me for an ultrasound to check things out) and speak with a different nurse who tells me I am most likely miscarrying, good luck, call in 2 weeks if I'm still bleeding and she cancelled my appointment for the next week (she said this all very nicely, but that was basically the gist of it). I cry, deal with the miscarriage and grieve. The next day, the bright red blood is done and I have light brown spotting again for a day. This whole time, I'm grieving about the miscarriage and frustrated because my OB STILL has not had me come in and be seen...yet everyone on the forums have ultrasounds to confirm, blood tests for their levels, etc. I waited until I was blood/spotting-free for a couple days and then called back, basically pleading for an ultrasound to either a) confirm the miscarriage and make sure it was complete or b) see if I'm still pregnant! In my heart, I feel that it was a miscarriage, especially since a week prior, I had stopped having any breast tenderness (that was really the only symptom of pregnancy I had had so far).

I go for the ultrasound in 2 hours and am freaking out. I'm still holding onto the sliver of hope that there is a baby and am actually hoping there is a subchorionic bleed or something to explain the blood/cramps for that awful morning. If it is indeed a miscarriage, well, I've already dealt with that emotionally and at least will have some closure. Wish me luck!

jobiann · May 2012

Once again, what is wrong with these nurses/admin people? I swear some of them have no heart at all. Sounds like after this appointment you may need to find a new doctor. I know if I called my doctor with red bleeding and/or clotting they would have gotten me in that day.

haleyjean84 · May 2012

jobiann:
Once again, what is wrong with these nurses/admin people? I swear some of them have no heart at all. Sounds like after this appointment you may need to find a new doctor. I know if I called my doctor with red bleeding and/or clotting they would have gotten me in that day.

This exactly. With bleeding like that, there should have been at least some concern that it could be ectopic or something. Good luck to you. I am so sorry you are having to deal with this; I know firsthand just how difficult it can be.

Kie310 · May 2012

Good luck.

And good for you for pushing. Even if you are having a m/c I would think they would want to check to 1. make sure & 2. make sure that your body exspells everything.

I personally had very minor minor bleeding Saturday & my doctor still had my go to the ER to be checked out. Just seems to make good sense to me. But what do I know?!?!?

I do hope all is well with your wee-one.

smo007 · May 2012

Thanks! As a nurse myself, it's even harder! I think I'll be looking for a new OB after this whole experience is done with...I haven't even met this doc yet. I was referred to her by another nurse I know.

bbc1982 · May 2012

Sound like exactly what I went through. The doc told me I was "most likely experiencing a loss" over the phone and then the following Monday they found a fetal pole on the u/s and a clot in my uterus that was causing the bleeding. Don't give up hope! It may not mean you are out of the woods, but there is still hope! And yes, you deserve a u/s!

smo007 · May 2012

I got the u/s...the tech said she said not see anything and that it looked like a complete miscarriage. However, that was 2 days ago and I haven't heard a thing from the OB nurse who had said she'd call me with results the morning following the u/s. So fed up with the staff...time to move on. Thanks for the support, hoping for better luck next time around!

denise_m · May 2012

smo007:
I got the u/s...the tech said she said not see anything and that it looked like a complete miscarriage. However, that was 2 days ago and I haven't heard a thing from the OB nurse who had said she'd call me with results the morning following the u/s. So fed up with the staff...time to move on. Thanks for the support, hoping for better luck next time around!

I'm really sorry for your loss.

I would definitely give them a call and get the results. Then, I would promptly switch practices.

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