Please help - subchronic haemorrhage

[Worried9480]

Hello

My husband and I are 12 weeks pregnant today, and we have experienced some slight bleeding this week, after an ultrasound to confirm baby still has heartbeat etc, we were advised that appearances syggest a small amount of fluid about the cervical canal and to the right of the gestation sac there is a small area of subchronic haemorrhage measuring 13 x 12 x 3mm in size.

Can anyone explain what this means and if you may have experienced this yourselves ?

[martikadragoon]

I want you to know I've seen many women on here and other sites who had a subchorionic hemmorage and went on to have healthy babies!

[betty12]

i dont know to much about it, however i did google it and found this
Subchorionic Hemorrhage is bleeding behind the placenta, often caused by a clot.  In most cases, this clot will dissolve away, resolving the problem and allowing the pregnancy to progress normally.  It may take several weeks for this clot to dissolve.  Treatment for a Subchorionic hemorrhage is typically bed rest.

Rarely, the clot dissects between the placenta and the attachment to mother.  This may lead to placental abruption.  Risk factors that may increase the chance of experiencing this include high blood pressure, smoking and cocaine use.  Symptoms may include:

-  contractions that don't stop  
-  pain in the uterus  
-  tenderness in the abdomen over the uterus  
-  vaginal bleeding