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@MrsADS: I had a SCH that was found at my 8w scan. I had bleeding at 4w and my RE didn't find anything on ultrasound at 4w5d or at my 6w scan, and chalked it up to cervial irritation from my progesterone suppositories. I had a small SCH, though, and they didn't discover it until I went in for a routine 8w ultrasound.

It wasn't a huge deal to her. She said if this had been a routine pregnancy, it likely would have been reabsorbed before an OB had ever discovered it or I had my first ultrasound. I had my NT scan at 11 weeks and it was gone, so technically she was right. I have no idea if it bled out or if it was reabsorbed.

Mine was small. I think it was .5cm, and I was *shocked* at the amount of blood that I had for something that my RE kept reassuring me was so small and harmless. The amount of blood screaming "this isn't normal!" but, I'm nursing my 4m old, so...

Good luck! I know there are lots f other bees that had similar experiences. It's pretty scary to go through!

I had one too...i spent a lot of my 2nd trimester with my first on modified bed rest, but it had no affect on the baby at all It was such a scary thing to experience, but for us everything turned out fine. Hugs momma!

@MrsADS: I agree with @ValentineMommy - I was told no special precautions, but I had a friend with an SCH same stage and size that was put on bedrest. I think it depends on the doctor. The studies I read were that there was no change in outcome bedrest or no bedrest, but the bedrest made the person feel like they were doing everything they could.

@MrsADS: I worked as a teacher when mine happened, which meant little to no rest during the day. I think that influenced my ob's decision to take me out of work and put me on bed rest when the episodes of bleeding happened. Her decision may have been different if I had an office job that was mostly sedentary.

I had one with my second pregnancy. I was told no working out, no picking up my then 1 year old, no sex, and to stay put as much as possible. I was put on progesterone for a long time. I discovered the bleed at about 7 weeks and stopped bleeding around 12 or 13 weeks. I went in for weekly checks and it was officially gone around 14 weeks.
I did bleed a lot, but everything turned out ok

FWIW when I had mine it was during the summer and I was a teacher, so I was home already. I think that's why I wasn't put on bed rest.

I had a moderately sized SCH found at around 6 weeks. I wasn’t put on bedrest, but was told no sex, no lifting at all, no exercise other than walking, and no other strenuous activity of any kind. I work in a corporate environment where I’m sitting most of the day, so I was fine to continue working.

I had a weekly ultrasound to monitor the SCH.

I can’t remember when it went away, but it was gone by 20 weeks.

I had both bright blood and brown blood bleeding and had a happy outcome.

I had a small SCH with lots of spotting and a few bleeding "episodes" with cramping. The SCH went away around 10 weeks and I went on to have a healthy pregnancy/baby. My doctor put me on progesterone and said no sex/heavy lifting/etc but day-to-day activies were fine. I had ultrasounds twice a week in the beginning to watch it but it continued to shrink with each visit and quickly resolved itself. I'm sorry you are going through this it really sucks but hopefully you will have more answers soon. Good luck!