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So it all started when I was at work on Thursday and around 11:15 I felt a huge sudden gush- and I just knew it was blood. I went running to the bathroom and I had blood all down to my feet. My pants were so soaked with blood they were dripping all over the floor. Thankfully my boss, who is also my best friend, came in after I yelled for her on the way to the bathroom and she was passing me paper towels under the stall so I could try to dry my pants and clean the bathroom up. I have never seen so much blood come out of one person at one time. I was covered from the waist down. I ended up rushing to the hospital closest ton my work- and I hate this hospital and they only reassured why I hated them after my ER visit. When I got to the ER the doctor immediately told me that I am most likely having a miscarriage, but that it was ok because I am young and can have more children. He hadn't run any tests or anything and this is the first thing out of his mouth. I wanted to punch him. After he left they had forgotten about me and realized after an hr later that I hadn't had any blood work or sono done. During the sono I could see the baby, but it wasn't moving and I couldn't tell on the hospital's sonogram machine if the baby had a heartbeat. Which I later realized it was because it is different than my Dr's. To me it looked like a straight line but it actually wasn't. Then I had a pelvic exam and my cervic was closed and my HCG levels were 111,000+ so that was good. The doctor then forgot about me for another 2 hrs and came in and said, "oh you are still here? I thought you left"- REALLY?!! No one has told me what is going on and why I am bleeding so heavily. He then asks , "why do you look so worried?" At this moment I wanted to jump out of the bed and strangle him. I could only respond by saying, "because I am and I do not know what is going on". Basically they told me that I had a large subchorionic bleed 6x4x5.5 cm and sent me home. When I got home I realized that they never checked my blood type and never asked if I had gotten rhogam ( since I am B-). It was a very bad day.
Then I had to see my dr at 9 on Friday and the MFM at 1. My doctor has put me on bedrest for at least a week to see if the bleed resolves on its own. She is trying to get me to my second trimester. Then I saw the perinatologist who pretty much scared the heck out of me. He basically told me that there was a small part of the placenta that pulled away from my uterus and that is likely what caused the bleeding. He told me that if this keeps occurring it will make me more likely to have a premature delivery. He also decided to put off my NT scan until the 15th because the baby is measuring 4-5 days smaller than it should be. He also did not want to do the bloodwork because he said since I lost so much blood he doesn't want it to affect the results.
The only good part of my day was I got to see the little one with more detail and after the tech woke the baby up it was the first time I got to see it move! It was wiggling and kicking all over. The heartbeat was 165 bpm. Sorry this was so long and thank you for reading my post.
Trust me I understand this is almost exactly what happened to me expect I was neither given measurements or allowed to see my ultrasound. It was terrifying for me to. i think its only natural that it be scary when something like this happens and the people that are supposed to help dont seem to give a crap.
Its been over a week now and Im still carrying a LO there are a few others on the board here that have a subchorionic hemorrhage as well and they know tons more then me I still have to ask so many questions at my next appt. All I can really say Is that I truly hope things get better for both of us and please keep us updated.
I'm sorry the er was so jerky. I don't know to much about subchorionic bleed, but I do know a few on other boards I've been on have had them and delivered healthy babies.
((Hugs)). I totally feel your pain! Especially the part about seeing SO MUCH BLOOD. I was there 9 days ago. I'm so sorry. I hate the fact that the doctor was such a d***head. I can't stand incompetent, arrogant, and compassion-lacking medical professionals. They piss me off. The good thing is that you know your LO is ok. That is a major relief! I'll be praying that things go well for you. I know how scary this is. ((Hugs, again))
Thanks ladies. It only reassured why I am definitely not delivering at that hospital. The one I will be delivering at is 30 min from my house- other one is 40-45 min ( I work in MD an live in VA). When I had the first subchorionic bleed at 6 weeks it was probably the nicest ER experience I ever had from the doctors, nurses, and staff. Everyone was pleasant and well coordinated. This just is a really bad time since my dog is also pregnant too! She's due to have puppies in the next week and a half so I feel really bad for my husband having to take care of the whole house, me, and hopefully no more than 10 puppies. I feel like a mess.
Sorry you had to go thru that at the ER. I know how terrified you had to be and to have a bad DR just makes it that much worse. I'm glad your OB was able to put you at ease and you got to see the LO move around. Just stay in bed and get some rest. It will be good for you and baby. I'll be praying that everything resolves itself soon and you can get back to enjoying your pregnancy.
Wow, what a nightmare!!! And that doctor was a major jerk. I would have ripped him a new one. Will keep you and your bean in my thoughts and prayers. Hopefully, the bleed will resolve quickly and not cause any complications.
