Hematoma or free fluid in uterous at 8 weeks pregnancy

Hi everyone, I need help. I have been having cramping for the last two days and been spotting today so I went to get an u/s. Last week, I had an u/s done at 7 weeks and doc noticed some fluid in my uterous. Well, this week it got bigger!!! and is awefully close to placenta....I AM very scared as doc says there is a chance of a m/c!!!!
PLEASE HELP, share your stories and let me know if I am in danger..doc says it should go away by itself but insted of it geting smaller from last week, it got bigger...I am very concerned!!! The baby is fine so far...

[ArmyPrincess819]

Good luck to you. I can't relate but I can send you my support! I hope other women on here may have similiar stories they can share. Take care!

[Helen72]

I also had a huge hematoma at around 7 weeks and was bleeding/spotting on and off for most of my first trimester.  Fortunately, hematoma resolved itself and I am 32 weeks today.

I am so sorry you are going through this.  I know how stressful bleeding in early pregnancy can be.
((HUGS))

[Anya1984]

Hi, did the doc see you every week to check the hematoma? How did it dissolve? I mean, the blood should come out, right? Now, my problem is that last week it was small, this week is much bigger and doc says there is a risk that instead of dissolving, it will grow and then push against the placenta..right now the plancenta is not that close but there is still risk....that's why it is important for me to know how does that hematoma dissolve? Did you have much bleeding? Was it red? Cuz i have brown spotting..
Thank you Helen!!

[bny807]

so sorry youre going through this!! why cant we all just have uneventful pregnancies!!  sometimes your body reabsorbs it and others it does bleed out andyou'll see it.. subchorionic's are very very common, and almost always resolve... but take it REALLY easy! pelvic rest of course and just lay around as much as you can for the next week or so i would say, not sure if it helps, but it can't hurt right?    at least you have brown spotting thats good! i want to say that helen had clots and bright red spotting, but i am not for sure! but a lot of women do have bright red and clots and still deliver a healthy baby, though its a scarey process! GOOD LUCK i'm prayin for you and your little bean :)

[eternidad200]

Anya- sorry to hear you had to go through this too. OMG I am glad you decided to go back to your RE.

[Anya1984]

BNY - I know they can be common, but it grew so much from last week, that's scary, from 1.7 cm to 5 cm!!!! And Im not spotting anymore.....Im just very scared because the doc didn't sound very optimistic...unless magically this hematoma dissolves within next few days ( or at least, shrinks in size, which has been doing the opposite), I have a very high risk of m/c because it will take all the space of the uterus!! OMG, I am so devastated, I went through SO MUCH!!!!
Anyway, pray for me!!!

eternidad - I didn't decide to go back, I made them take me back! Anyway, I go see my RE next week and then see my OB in 2 weeks....Im so scared, this has been so hard of me, just so unfair!!

[Helen72]

The way I understand it is that hematomas resove by bleeding out.  I started out spotting which then turned into heavy red bleeding.  My dr monitored me every week.  

[Anya1984]

I think hemotomas can also just be absorbed by the body...but how do I start the bleeding? I spotted in the morning today and THAT WAS IT! No more bleeding or spotting....I wish I could make it shrink in size but how long did your spotting continue before bleeding began? Was it like mine, stopped the spotting then the bleeding few days later?
I just don't know what to expect but I wish the baby to be fine and therefore, need this bleeding to begin I guess to make more room for the baby to grow...but I don't know how to start the bleeding?

[Helen72]

You are right.  Some hematomas may be bleeding out internally so some women don't even know they have one.  Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to resolve this issue.  I hope your hematoma goes away so that you can start enjoying your pregnancy.