Yesterday started out normal, just feeling a little queasy. I have started to feel famished every 2-3 hours so I am eating a lot of little snacks throughout the day. I was at work, and around 5pm I went to the restroom. I had been wearing a liner because of the Crinone leakage, and I looked down and there was blood soaking the pad (sorry, graphic material ahead). I went to the bathroom and there was bright red blood gushing out all over. However, I did not have cramps at all and was not in pain. My heart was pounding so I left work immediately and called the answering service at my RE’s office. My doc was on call and called me back immediately. I told him what happened and his first question was about cramping. He said that if I didn’t have cramps, that it was a good sign…apparently sometimes capillaries burst or the placenta pulls away from the uterus (sub -chorionic hemorrhage). That is not dangerous for the baby, just results in a lot of blood sometimes lasting 24-36 hours. He told me to lie down for the rest of the night, don’t aggravate the situation, and to come in first thing in the morning for a scan. It seems like just as fast as the bleeding started, it stopped. I mean, didn’t even taper off. It was bizarre but I followed his orders and M did not let me move all night. It was really nice to be waited on J
So I went in this morning for an ultrasound at 830am and confirmed that all looked good. He is still there, heart beating at 169bpm and measuring 2.5cm (9w1d). But they never tell you about this stuff, do they? I googled it last night and apparently everyone and their mother is bleeding with no cramps and all the babies are just fine. I used to make fun of those people on shows like “I didn’t know I was Pregnant”, but maybe with all the spotting, bleeding, and capillaries bursting, if you weren’t trying to get pregnant, maybe you just wouldn’t know better? Nah, I still don’t buy it.
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