MoMs who had 2nd trimester bleeding?

[SweetieShellie]

Hi ladies Sorry for the TMI below!

Yesterday was a scary day for me, as I spent 6 hours in the ER. I had an SCH earlier in the pregnancy, but I hadn't had a bleed from it in about 7 - 8 weeks. I woke up yesterday to some light brown spotting, and since my OB wasn't in the office, the secretary told me I should go to the ER. At first I felt it was going to be a waste of time, but not wanting to risk anything I went anyway. While I was there it transitioned to bright red bleeding and not as light as before (still not enough to fill a pad, but enough to make me panic and call my DH out of work to meet me at the hopital). I was in tears during the u/s thinking it was all going to be over, but the tech showed me two extremely active babies. U/S showed no cause for the bleeding, no sign of the SCH I had weeks ago. Cervix was closed and 3cm. Don't know if the length is normal or not, but they never mentioned it so I guess so. Fluid levels were all good. I'm wondering if this is a common thing with a multiple pregnancy? It's fustrating not knowing WHY it happened. I'm still having some bleeding today, but I'm hoping it'll go away soon. I'm hoping its my cervix being stupid (I've had issues with it bleeding randomly since I was a teen), but they never did an internal exam, so I won't know for sure (and am starting to wonder if they should have done one?). And in case you're wondering, DH and I did not do any funny buisness so that's not a possible cause lol. We haven't and probably won't until after the babies are here, especially after yesterday's scare!

[Squishy622]

Ditto feegan, no advice but lots of hugs and good wishes! I hope you can follow up with your OB ASAP to get some answers. In the meantime, hope you can take it easy and I hope the bleeding stops soon. Please keep us posted

[ashb62]

My SCH was no longer visible on u/s at 8 weeks, but it continued to cause bleeding until 14+ weeks. I went several weeks without any bleeding then it would start up again. It ranged from spotting to gushing and varied in color from brown to red to pink. Just because they can't see it anymore doesn't mean it isn't still causing issues.

As long as you your cervix is closed and babies look healthy and active, I would try not to worry!

[SweetieShellie]

thanks ashb62 I figured if they can't see it it meant it was gone. Good to know it might still be the cause! DH's theory was Baby A (where the SCH is) was overly active and poked the SCH causing it to bleed. Maybe he's onto something lol.

[ashb62]

My OB even warned me that just because they couldn't see it anymore, didn't mean the bleeding would immediately stop. It's good that it's shrinking, but it could take some time for it to completely bleed out (or be absorbed.)

[blueberries8]

Sending hugs and hoping the bleed was an isolated incident. I was hospitalized for a couple days at 13.5 weeks due to a big bleed. I had a sch during first tri that caused light bleeding weeks 5-8 and I also had a low lying placenta. It was unclear which was the culprit. The sch refers to the pooling of blood that often forms as the result of a bleed but not to the actual source of active bleeding itself (in the case of a sch the actual bleed is usually akin to a cut at the site of implantation). So it is totally possible that the initial 'cut' that caused the sch was bleeding again, but the blood was just coming out instead of pooling. In fact, my understanding is that this is the better scenario - when the blood pools and causes a hematoma instead of coming right out it is more prone to cause inflammation, infection etc. I know bleeding, especially after first tri, is really scary.

[FCtwinmom]

I think these ladies covered it pretty well but I just wanted to add something good vibes that I am sending your way. I know how scary second tri bleeding is so lots of hugs!

[sunnyb]

I'm sorry you are dealing with this. I had second trimester spotting. Both times it came with backpain and cramps so scary! The first time was 21w6d, the second was 24w6d and 27w4d too. The last one was due to a UTI supposedly but they couldn't explain the other times.
I'm glad all looked good for you. It's so nerve wracking.

[dorijane]

Hi SweetieShellie. I'm not quite as far along as you. I'm due with twins Oct. 29. I've had almost constant brown spotting through the first trimester and 3 pretty big bright red bleeds. Each time the OB hasn't been able to find a cause. Everything looks perfectly normal. But its definitely frustrating! But I've heard from a couple twin moms that this happened to them throughout their entire pregnancies and all was well. Maybe just something more common with twin pregnancies? I'm not sure. I'm glad everything is ok for your little ones though!

[thesportsgal]

My bleeding was caused from cervical polyps, which tend to occur with a high amount of estrogen. It sounds like they are a "best case" bleeding scenario, if that makes sense . The speculum exam my OB did on the 3rd bleed diagnosed them right away (she could see them). I had a 2 month pelvic rest and since they stopped bleeding then, they'll probably come off during delivery (or she was going to take them off in the office, simple procedure). But they were getting irritated and that was the source of my bleeding.

I'm glad you and the babies are okay! It's definitely scary!