OBGYN Explains Subchorionic Hematoma | My Story First Trimester Bleeding

First trimester bleeding, symptoms of miscarriage, is bleeding in pregnancy always a miscarriage, and more

0:00 Intro
0:32 First trimester bleeding
1:00 What is a subchorionic hemorrhage?
2:12 Causes of first trimester bleeding
3:01 Subchorionic hemorrhage and miscarriage
4:53 Subchorionic hemorrhage and pregnancy risks
5:58 Personal experience with subchorionic hemorrhage
7:24 Coping with bleeding in the first trimester

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**Video is for educational purposes only and should not be used as personal medical advice. Please discuss anything related to your own health, diagnosis, and treatment with your own medical provider as information in this video may not pertain to your individual and specific situation. **

[melissafortuin]

I suffered a massive sch bleed at 6 weeks. I passed many massive clots and was told I had a miscarriage. I bled for about a month thereafter. At a routine check up it was discovered I have not miscarriage after all. I'm 32 weeks pregnant now.

[thrash]

My wife experienced bleeding last weekend we were terrified. We went to emerge expecting the worst however the babys heartbear was strong and the dr said that its a normal healthy pregnancy. A wave of relief filled our heart. Were at 9 weeks now 🤞

[MsEma]

I’m 10weeks I had a gush of pink discharge after my husband and I had sex. Shortly after about 30mins or so, it was bright red fresh blood. (today is 1/31/2023) we went to the Er immediately this past Sunday and they did an Ultrasound scan and explain to us I had a SCH.. they explained everything to us. My vitals were good, the baby heart rate was great and during the ultrasound I saw the baby moving around 🥰 But I was still very scared being that this is our first child together and we were trying to conceive for 3 months prior to becoming pregnant. Since Sunday the ER visit, I’ve have a dark brown discharge that is slowly subsiding associated with occasional mild cramps(which could also be growing pains). We have an appointment this Thursday with our OB to make sure everything is still progressing properly. Send us positive vibes 💕💕 and to the mommies who’s experiencing the same thing may god bless us all and give us perfect peace and healthy babies!

[Rachelsmith]

I am soo glad I ran into you Dr. Perez! I’m in my first pregnancy and because of my age group, i am feeling like i’ve been in purgatory since my i’ve first started bleeding. I was told in my first ultrasound that i was 5 weeks, when the following week I started to bleed brown then all of a sudden i had a day that was heavier and i was on day 7 or bleeding. As you can imagine i freaked out and went to the ER, and they said that I was actually showing 5 weeks. I was told at the ER that if the previous ultrasound was correct, then it may show signs that the baby is not growing and it may not be a viable pregnancy. My heart broke into a million pieces. They sent me to outpatient to a local OBGYN and they began testing for the hormone levels to see if that statement was true. Yesterday, I received the good news that the baby is growing! I’m inly sharing this information here in case any other mother to be ever runs into these situations at the emergency room! Make sure you get second opinions and stay as positive as you can be! Much much love and thank you dr. For putting this very helpful video! ❤❤❤

[OurFamilyJourney]

Thanks so much for this video. I was in hospital yesterday at 7 weeks pregnant because I’ve got a sch - I didn’t know and thought I was having a miscarriage with the amount of blood and cramping. The sch has unfortunately got bigger than 2 days prior, but the baby looked good and it’s heartbeat was normal. I’m praying for a happy outcome!

[latorw]

I’m so glad that there is more information out there about this. I had them in 3 of my last 4 pregnancies found on ultrasound. I actually never bled and was made to feel like I was almost certainly going to miscarry all three times. I had all three kids between 39 and 40 weeks totally healthy and kind of feel like I was made to feel fearful unnecessarily. Mine completely reabsorbed by 20 weeks. These were all in the last 8 years but I feel like public information about SCH has come really far. It’s encouraging and I really appreciate this content.

[watchsignin]

Sending strength to women and couples going through this. In my case I numbed my emotions and couldn´t fully connect with or enjoy the pregnancy in first -second trimestre. I just willed everything to get better.

This was my first pregnancy at 37/38 years old. We planned and prepared for pregnancy and to our relief, it happened within 2 months. I had implementation bleeding which was quite heavy, I actually assumed it was a slightly early period. Later at 7 weeks pregnant after a sudden small bleed, a SCH was diagnosed. It lasted 4 months. And included about 4 trips to the ER. Sometimes heavy bleeds (gushing tap) and clots (larger than the size of a fried egg) would happen out of nowhere. It was traumatic. Each time I had no cramps and the heartbeat was fine and cervix tightly closed.

For months I rested as often as possible and moved incredibly gently, slowly and carefully. The third trimestre was better, it had completely gone away. I could go for gentle hikes again, swim a little, and felt more at ease to become emotionally connected and more hopeful about my growing baby. I went on to have a healthy baby by elective CS at 39 weeks.

The truth is so many families have traumatic fertility journeys, pregnancies, and or births. Just take it day by day. I´m just about ready now to try for my second one and hope whatever the journey, the outcome will be a healthy baby, and if not learn to accept that too.


So much more research and study is needed in the area of pregnancy and more education and support should be provided. We have a long way to go. It´s great that more videos are being put up about this. In 2019 when I had mine, I feel like there was much less info available about SCH online and on youtube.

Kudos also to all those who share as I think that´s what helped me not feel so alone when I went through mine. It also helps to know someone went through the same or a severe situation and things got better. It´s temporary, things will get better.

[PaddyPatrone]

Thank you so much for this video. My wife is 8 weeks pregnant and had 3 smaller bleedings in the last 2 weeks and it makes us go crazy, next check with the doctor is in 2 days, hoping for the best.

[שירההולץ]

From my personal experience, I would recommend anyone with hematoma to rest/ take it easy.
I had a hematoma, doctor told me there's nothing I can do about it, and definitely no need for bed rest. Unfortunately, at 18 weeks we lost the pregnancy.
Now I am pregnant again, I had hematoma again, we decided- this time - no risks!
I went on bed rest at 14 weeks and thank God, at 20 weeks it totally desolved.

[ShopRowe]

This actually happened to me and I was told I wasn’t pregnant and later found out I was pregnant at 11 weeks via vaginal ultrasound. I didn’t get a positive home pregnancy test until my 12th weeks. I had a boy.

[alexiscalkins]

This video just gave me so much closure I lost my son a year ago to this I was 20w pregnant and had a stillbirth. I miss him so much and nobody explained it this thoroughly.

[nsours]

This happened to me yesterday during work. I am 11w3d. I felt a gush of blood while walking. I started to bleed heavily but had no cramps. I fortunately work at a hospital and a coworker wheeled me down to the ED immediately. They found a subchorionic hematoma located on the left side of my uterus which is on the opposite side of the baby. Baby’s heart was fluttering with a normal heart rate. It was the most terrifying thing I have ever experience. Thank you for this video, it makes me feel so much better.

[jerivang]

Omg this video was so much more informative than anything my fertility & OB could give me. They just say "we dont know why it happen".

[Saint_Galahad]

I’m 11 weeks today and I went to the ER last night for a HUGE gush of blood. I thought for sure I was miscarrying. I had no cramps though which gave me a shred of faith. I went back for an ultrasound and they saw a healthy baby measuring a day ahead with a heartbeat of 170. They saw a “sack” of blood and the doctor explained that everything looked great, just had a hematoma.

[Teeta]

HI! I AM 14 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I HAD VERY BAD PAINS AND I WAS BLEEDING HEAVILY. WENT TO THE ER STRAIGHT OFF THE AIRPLANE AS I WAS FEARING THE WORST AND PRAYING FOR THE BEST. IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM THEY DID AN ULTRASOUND AND LUCKILY BABY WAS PERFECT. THEY CHECKED MY CERVIX, AND THANKFULLY, IT WAS CLOSED. AFTER MUCH TEST AND LITERALLY 24HRS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, I WAS TOLD I HAD A SUBCHORIONIC HEMATOMA IN MY UTERUS. I WAS IN THE KAPIOLANI HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. I'M HOME NOW, STILL BLEEDING AND CRAMPING BUT SO FAR, THINGS ARE GOING OKAY. AND I MUST SAY, THIS VIDEO GAVE ME A LOT HOPE AND REASSURANCE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY! PLEASE KEEP ME, BABY, AND DADDY IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU❤🙏❤

[lindsey]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! It’s so helpful to hear that others are having bleeding as well and still having successful pregnancies.

[PunkRockGuitarTabs]

My wife and I are going through this currently. She had bleeding at about 13 weeks with back pain and cramps. She also passed a blood clot. We thought she was having a miscarriage, which was an incredibly scary and emotional experience. Thankfully it was diagnosed as a mild subchorionic hemorrhage, so it will hopefully heal and have no impact on the baby. She's continuing to have bleeding about 5 days later so it's still pretty scary right now.

[AndiiDragon]

Thank you, Dr. for sharing such an important chapter of your pregnancy. It gives all the new mom's to be a piece of mind that we may not be able to find anywhere else since it's so early in our pregnancy.
In my case I have noticed bleeding when I wipe too hard, when I feel constipated and have to push a bit harder, or when I have pressed my belly against something and have caused me pain.
Now I know a bit more what to do and what to keep an eye for. But still I'm around 6 to 8 weeks pregnant at the moment. Hopefully it will keep growing 🙏

[rachaelmarie-ellamelville]

This is exactly how my first trimester experience was. Had heavy bleeding on 3 occasions, a couple weeks apart. Same gush of blood and continued bleeding for about 2-3 hours. My doctor didn’t explain things well at all and they documented it as a threatened miscarriage. Baby was fine on the ultrasound though. It was only through my own research that I was able to better understand what I was experiencing. My doctor also had me take crinone gel as treatment which was quite expensive and as I’ve learned, likely unnecessary and ineffective (also quite messy). Thankfully, by the 2nd trimester, no more bleeding episodes and I’m now at 30 weeks with a healthy baby bouncing around inside 😊.

[blandinalamare]

I'm at weeks 12 pregnant now experiencing bleeding now it started with light bleeding then followed with camping and heavy bleeding I terrified called the midwife came and checked and assured me that the baby is still there safe. It's quite terrifying experience. I'm relax after watching your video thanks🙏