Re: Subchorionic Bleed/ bedrest advice (Pg ment)

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In a message dated 3/25/2004 2:26:02 PM Central Standard Time,

susannahroperchastain@... writes:

> It turns out that I had a Subchorionic Bleed caused by the septum.

> The prescription is bedrest w/ the exception of bathroom, shower, and

> to get something from the kitchen to eat (no cooking). He explained

> what the bleed was and that it usually resolves itself w/ bedrest. I

> was wondering if anyone else has had this happen. Also, for those of

> you who have had bedrest- What did you do??? It is crazy that

> bedrest means literally in the bed lying down! They said not even to

> sit up very often. I will gladly lie in the bed for years if it

> means that the baby will have a better chance, but I am struggling to

> figure out ways to maintain my sanity. Any ideas would be much

> appreciated.

> ALSO, She's a GIRL

na

I also had a subchorionic hematoma with my little girl! At 9 weeks the blood

was just gushing out of me and I was sure it was the end!

She's now almost a year old and doing great! I was on bedrest for 10 days.

Only got up to go to the bathroom, shower, get something out of the fridge.....

Very boring, but what can you do. I didn't have to lie down all the time

though, sitting up in bed was okay for short periods of time, eating at the

table

with dh, that kind of thing. You can make a sandwich, but don't cook or do

dishes. After my gushing episode the bleeding slowed down, turned to brown

spotting. So after about 10 days I was allowed to get up, but no strenuous

activity

and no sex of course. My hematoma was completely gone at my 15 week U/S. The

spotting lasted for a month on and off and then went away for good. Fiona was

delivered vaginally at 38 weeks.

Don't worry about this too much. I know it's terribly frightening, but it's

really quite common and usually just goes away. from Vienna is also on

bedrest right now for the same reason.

Take care!

Heike

SU resected

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nah,

What a terrifying ordeal you have been through. I am so glad to hear

that your daughter (yippee!) is doing fine and that you are also

recovering. I cannot imagine being restricted to bedrest. I checked

on the Sidelines.org website. Here is a list of the top 10 things

that they had for women in your situation:

10. Paint your toenails and fingernails...as often as you'd like!

9. Learn a foreign language with books or cassettes.

8. Take a correspondence course through your local college or trade

school.

7. Volunteer to make phone calls, or stuff envelopes for your place

of worship or your kids' school.

6. Subscribe to the daily newspaper, and don't forget the puzzle

page!

5. Teach yourself a new hobby: knitting, cross-stitch, calligraphy,

etc.

4. Organize scrapbooks, or photo albums, and start new ones for your

baby!

3. Create a new budget, adding in all the expenses your new baby will

add!

2. Start designing your baby announcements! Buy the envelopes and

address and stamp them all!

1. Create a bedrest journal, and make a commitment to writing

something every day. Include photos, details about your doctor's

appointments, visitors, etc.

Now, I don't know about you...but I think that I need my dr to order

bedrest just so I can get my photo albumns together. Can I pay you

to do some for me? ;-)

Are you able to lie on your side or does it have to be fully reclined

w/ feet elevated to relieve pressure from your cervix? Keeping you

in my thoughts. Hang in there. It is not an easy job, but you CAN

do it. I hope you can write into us when you need a little

inspiration. Also, I noticed that the Sidelines organization will

match up buddies that can talk by phone. Maybe you could meet a new

friend that is like you and you could arrange phone dates to break up

the day? Have dh get into the computer to check on it.

Hugs,

Sara

36, SU resected x2, dd 10/2/2003

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Also, for those of

> you who have had bedrest- What did you do??? It is crazy that

> bedrest means literally in the bed lying down!

nah,

I had to look up subchorionic bleeding, and even without doing that,

I know it must've been a scary, scary time for you, and I'm sorry

you had to go through it. I can't tell you much about this

condition, but I do know that bleeding during pregnancy happens to a

lot of women, and does not mean that the worst is happening,

thankfully. This seems to be the case with a subchorionic bleed,

from the little bit I've learned.

I CAN tell you a little bit about bedrest, though, even though I'm

only a two-week veteran. It is quite, quite hard to get used to,

but can be critical to your goal of having a healthy baby. It

involves quite a bit of organization and patience, and I have to

keep reminding myself of the ultimate goal. Most of the time it

works, but I still have my rough moments. Thank goodness my dh is

so understanding and supportive.

I highly recommend that you get help from sidelines.org, a high risk

pregnancy support group. Support is available through email or

phone (I have a cool email buddy, and post on their b-board). They

understand every crazy emotion and thought you might have during

this time! I also got a book on high risk pregnancy and have been

spending lots of time educating myself, which helps alleviate my

fears as well as to pass the time.

Sounds like your bedrest will be only a couple of weeks if all goes

well -- I have about 11 weeks to go. But, the doctor told me today

that I can get up for no more than 30 minutes at a time and do basic

things like sit in a chair, make a quick and simple meal, etc., for

a couple of times a day. I attribute this wonderful parole to be

being religious about my bedrest these first two weeks!

Keep in touch, and let me know if you need help or wanna just want

to vent about how maddening bedrest can be (jwilliams@...).

-

SU (resected)

Loss at 20wks due to rupture

Currently pregnant 24w1d with Sam (bedrest Wk22 until delivery after

rescue cerclage for IC)

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Hi nah-Sorry that things have been so scary for you.

Congratulations on your little girl! Soon you'll be floating on a

pink cloud!

I have dealt with both of these issues and can tell you that

everything worked out very well. I had a subchorionic hematoma with

my DS in my first trimester. I was not put on bedrest at that point

(just pelvic rest and advice to take it easy in general.) I only

had occasional spotting and then one " gush " incident around 16 weeks-

very scary. After that, the hematoma resolved itself. I did have

tiny bits of spotting later in my pregnancy, but that was always

unexplained and apparently unrelated to the hematoma.

Bedrest...boy, I can relate there! I did have quite a battle with

PTL and spent 4 1/2 months on bedrest. All I can say is to hang in

there! Just keep thinking of your little one and you just somehow

find the strength to manage! It is crazy to literally just lay

around 24-7! People kept sending me stuff like puzzles and

scrapbook stuff...I just wanted to cry b/c I couldn't even sit up

and do them (my contractions would start so easily.) It was even

challenging to type on my laptop, but I learned to manage on my

side! One thing that I did was a baby registry on Babies R Us-they

have a nice site. It stunk b/c I couldn't actually look at the

stuff, but I'd read up on the products and then select what I

wanted. I spent tons of time on it and it really kept me busy. I

had a shower after my DS was born and was glad that I'd taken the

time to register.

I also put all of my Christmas card addresses on the computer so

that I could just print labels. It was nice when I sent out birth

announcements! And, of course, there's always online shopping! I

bought tons of books and picked out my nursery stuff! DH kept

threatening to take away my laptop! Other than that, I'd pretty

much just read and watch TV. I was on Brethine which made me pretty

shaky, so it was hard to do needle point or stuff like that.

Hang in there and keep us posted! Will you be able to be off

bedrest when the hematoma resolves? Hopefully it won't be long!

Best of luck!

UU, 29

mommy to (8-31-03)