So I take it that this has never happened to anyone else. Or you just dont know what to say? Whatever the reason, I understand. But since everyone just reads the posts but dont respond, I just want you to know that I found my answers. Thank you very much.

And I hope that no one feels as though I'm attacking. I'm not, I totally understand when someone just doesnt have the answer I'm looking for, and at this point in my life, any answers are appreciated, good or bad! But again, thank you anyway.

Hi there. Im sorry no one responded. I dont know much about this. All I know is it could be sudden and there could be no warning. This happened to my friend within hours of her short ER admit. She was having labor pains but wasnt progressing so they sent her home. She got home that evening and went to bed. She woke up at 3:00 am and didnt feel her baby move. At 8:00 am the baby had passed away. So in less that 24 hrs everything went wrong, even when the docs said everything was fine. She refused an autopsy but the placenta didnt show anything else.

It was fast and she still doesnt know why it happened just that it did and there was nothing she could have done. My other friend also had this happen even when she had good prenatal care. I feel that these babies were meant to cross over. Sometimes God has the ultimate say.

But I am pregnant w/my 1st baby so I really do not know.

But was there anything the doctors could have done? Do you think it could have been neglect on their part?

Hello browneyedbeauty, i have just found this forum, i have been looking for one for a long time now, for the same reasons as you, to try to get some answers.

I have been through the same thing as you, placental abruption, and i will tell you a bit of my experience and the answers i got from doctors, midwives, and gynaecologists.I hope i don't upset you or make you think of unnecessary upsetting things.

I had early bleeding in my pregnancy, i had several early scans and they had told me when it stopped, everything would be fine now and that i could put it down to implantation bleeding.they said this happened to alot of women and that some women like you bleed all through pregnancy but they have perfectly healthy babies.
So i went on, and i had a perfectly healthy, no complaints pregnancy.Up until movements suddenly stopped at 35 weeks.i was induced and Adam was born sleeping. He was a great weight for his gestational age and perfect from head to toe.
When my placenta was delivered i had never seen one but i knew that it was not right, something was wrong with it. there was a blood clot as big as a closed fist between the cord and the placenta.

I had tests done, Adam went for a post mortem and they also examined my placenta.

When i went back for the results, they told me i was in perfect health and so was Adam.so if i wanted to pursue another pregnancy that i could knowing that genetically we were fine. It may happen again if there is something wrong in the blood or something else genetically otherwise there is a very slim chance that it would happen again. it only occurs in 1% of all pregnancies worldwide!! then they spoke of the abruption, they said that it was unfortunate that it had happened on my first pregnancy, usually it happens to women with a few children, they said that high risk cases would be women who suffer high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia and diabetics should be especially careful.also they said usually there is alot of bleeding and pain when it happens, and that i experienced none of this. my placental abruption was hidden behind the placenta and somehow when the placenta half broke away the blood clot formed instead of me bleeding.so adam was sustained and growing so no one could have known.if i had bled then i could have gone to hospital before the clot blocked the tube.also they told me that if i bled there would have been a chance that i could have died. the mortality rate for baby and mother is 40% in bleeding cases, mum and baby pass away. they thought this would make me feel better, but all i remember saying is i would rather be dead too, or dead and have had my baby saved. its not better that at least i lived.

I do not know if what i am saying will upset you or help you in some way, i hope it helps you somehow.

it happened to us, me adam and brian 3 months ago today. its still fresh and our lives have changed, and i can say time does make it a little easier to cope.

i spent the first month looking for someone to blame, me, my partner the hospital. i asked why they had not picked up on it or kept a closer eye on me when i had early bleeding or why i only had one scan at 17weeks when the baby was developing....all these things were answered by the doctors.

I hope some of these things help you a little. i know when it happened to me people thought they were helping by telling me about all these other people who had gone through the same thing...when they had finished telling me the story, it was not the same at all. im not saying placental abruption is worse than say cot death but they are all such different circumstances. they are different feelings and regrets and pain. the worst things people have said to me without thinking are,
1. well at least you are young and you can have more.
2.wouldnt it be worse if you had him and brought him home and bonded.

what exactly do people think a growing baby is in our tummies, my baby was part of me so we bonded more than i have ever bonded with anyone else in my life.

something else my doctor said was the only way she could see me getting over it was to get pregnant again as soon as i am healthy, that having a pregnancy that gets seen through right to the end with a healthy newborn to take home is the only way to really start to get on with life again.

the pregnancy and 9 months would be the toughest bit though.at least next time around i will have this experience and be more fearful maybe thats actually a good thing.i am not ready yet but when i am i will be on the high risk list and the hospital have assured me they would keep more of a watchful eye on me.

i hope some of this is a help and i would love to have someone to talk with and if you want to just talk at me too thats ok, everyone needs someone who wants to listen. so my ears are open if you want that.

take care and best wishes to you xxx

after what you have and are still going through you are a very brave strong woman.

I had placental abruption with my first preganacy. It was the day before new years eve in 2005 and i was sitting at the table playing cards with my fiance and his little sister. and suddenly after about 4 hours of contractions i felt a gush i immediatley rand up stairs and sat on the toilette and right away the toilette filled up with blood i called jordan up stairs and told him to bring the phone he called his mom and she said to rush me straight to the hospital. and we lived in spruce grove the misecordia is in edmonton... he did about 140 the whole way there..when i got there i was admitted immediatly and they sat me in a roomk and the doctor took my case as priority..they discussed natural labour checked me and i was only a centimeter dialated and waiting would risk mine and Avery's life so i was schedualed for an emergency c section...they got her out she was safe..i know they told me that im lucky i bled straight out because sometimes people have what are called silent placental abruption and in that case their baby dies...from what ive heard it isnt that commmon but in some cases it does happen...
i hope my info helps you out...im very very sorry for your loss.. good luck with future pregnancies

Hey..i know what you are talking about when you want answers..I had a placenta abruption on 1-24-09 at 21 weeks and lost the baby. I had bleeding the entire pregnancy and they said it was most likely due to implantation bleeding. At 5 weeks pregnant i passed a large blood clot and passed a lot of blood but everything looked fine on the scan. I kept complaining that I was in a lot of pain when I would walk in the pelvic area and that I had a several instances of bleeding which was brushed off, that some women just bleed. WEll i woke up one morning and I noticed brown blood and though I should call. I knew all along that something was not right...and I was praying that i could make it to 24 or 25 weeks so that my baby would have a chance. So I went into the dr. office did an ultra sound and saw the my cervix only had 1 cm left. I was immidately admitted to the hospital and put on bedrest. THe dr. did blood tests and i had an amnniocentisis done. Everything checked out fine, as no infection and they were planning on putting a cerclagie (sp) a stitch in my cervix....they thought i may have had an incompetent cervix..i had gone in 3 weeks earlier for an utlra sound and my cervix was very long... so that night i started having pains and the next day i had severe pains and they thought it was a bladder infection..mind you i had residents working on me....then all of the sudden I had blood gushing out of me and tbey rushed me down to labor and delivery and said that I had too deliver because they are worried about my life cuz I was loosing a large amount of blood...they went and got some blood for a blood transfusion and put me on a med. to help induce labor...the dr said it looked like placenta abruotion because of all the clots on the placenta..my baby Lucas Andrew was 14.8 oz and 12 inches long...I am undergoing a lot of testsing to see why..the dr. said this is very rare to have happened when it did...I am undergoing genetic testig and they are looking for an autoimmune disorder....so hopefully they find an answer as to why..I know it is frustrating when they don't know...I wish you all the best of luck..

hi my name is sarah i have a long history with abruptions and i still dont have any answers in july 2004 i had a total abruption at 36 weeks were i and my baby nearly died i then in 2008 went on to have another and had another abruption at 27 weeks and sadly my baby died through the abruption i was told the causes were unknown but i do no that my baby had not grown he was the size of a 20 week baby after this i was told by my consultant he new wot was wrong with me he said i have thick blood and my blood clots which causes abruptions so then told me if i fell pregnant again he would put me on medication that helps so there i went again i fell pregnant and this time i was told everything was going well i was put on fragmin and asprin which thinnens your blood he was growing well no sign of anything going wrong then on the 13.02.2009 i went to the hospital as i was feeling a little pain nothing to bad to then be told that my baby was dead i was horrified minutes later i started bleeding yet again another abruption this time it had been inside me which is a concealed abruption so i wasnt to no until to late at 21 years old this is alot to take i now have to bury my second little boy and i dont understand why i have no answers please help.would just like to add my daughter on my first abruption weighd 5pound 1 my second son who passed away weighd under 1 pound and was 14 cm my third son who passed away weighd 1pound 5 and was 30 cm

I had a placental abruptio at 35 weeks and lost my baby boy. This is not common but it happens. Just be careful in your next pregnancies as once you had placental abruptio, the chance of having it increases.

I would just like to share my story with you all. In June 2003 i was 41 weeks 4 days with my second child, i had a very difficult labour with my first which resulted in me having an emergency caesarean. When i caught with my second child, i asked the consultant to allow me to go for a natural delivery, when i got to 36 weeks i was getting stabbing pains in my groin, only to be told that this was babe getting ready to be born, i went with the doctors words, and at 41 weeks and 4days, woke up feeling quite rough, i was sick and sweaty, when i called the hospital they questioned me on my previous pregnancy and delivery and advised me to go and get checked as they thought my previous scar had ruptured, when i arrived at the hospital, i had a turn for the worst, which resulted in an emergency scan, of which they found i was bleeding to death internally, so i was rushed to theatre for yet another emergency caesarean from which they did not know if my baby or i would survive, luckily both of us did. I would love another child but am too scared to get pregnant incase this was to happen in any future pregnancy.

I am 7 weeks pregnant and my doc told me that I have a blood clot under the placenta and I'm reading all the posts here and I have feeling I'm gonna lose the baby now, I'm sad.

Hi,
I too recently had a placenta abruption. I was 39 weeks and having a healthy second pregnancy. I started feeling some pains, thinking it was labor, i dismissed it and just dealt with it. The pain was not too bad and I had no other symptoms. The only reason i went to the hospital was because I couldn't feel my baby move anymore. So we went just as a precaution and thank goodness we did.
I had a complete silent abruption and went in for a er c section. My baby was almost 10 pounds and came to find out later that he was very healthy and normal. All my tests came back normal. I had no accident or trauma that would explain this. Completly unexpected.
It has been 5 & 1/2 months and I am dying to have a baby. I can't even look at another mother with more than one child without getting teary eyed or mad. I just want another baby more than words could explain.
So my doc said that I could start trying any time now so i think next cycle, we will give it a go.
I will keep you posted if you want and i guess some prayers all around wouldn't hurt (for us and for all of you).
This is the worst thing anyone, but especially a mother, could imagine. God willing we will get at least one more angel... this time that we get to keep.
Good luck to you all!

Around 26 weeks I had some brown blood (not much), but I went to the hospital anyway. They did an ultrasound and said that everything was normal and sent me home. A few days later (26 weeks, 5 days gestation) I was sitting at home and had a huge gush of bright red blood. Still I had no pain and I could feel the baby moving the whole time, so I knew that she was alive. I went to the hospital again and by the time I got there I was having painless, yet very noticable contractions. I was put on IV medication to stop the contractions and was given steroid shots to aide the lung development. The contractions stopped and now it was a waiting game. I spent a week in the hospital. Within 48 hours I was off of the anti-contraction medication and the contractions did not return. The ultrasound revealed a partial placental abruption and an hematoma above my cervix. The baby appeared not to be in distress, i.e., heart rate and movement was in the normal range. However, my blood test showed that I had fetal cells in my blood stream, which only indicates one thing. The baby is losing blood, which is very dangeours. A follow-up ultrasound and CTG still revealed no signs of fetal anemia or distress. I like many people who will find this page am looking for answers, encouragement, hope, etc. Unfortuately, I have no outcome to share. I am 28 weeks today and am in a waiting game. Everyday she stays inside is better for her. After I came off the medication my blood turned black, which is normal and is indicative of old blood being expelled. Now most of the black blood is gone and I have some (very little) brown blood, similar to the first blood I noticed at 26 weeks. I am home and told to rest, although not bed rest. Multiple times a day I pray for the wellbeing of my child. She is so loved and wanted. Last year I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks, so I think this is it for us. I pray that I will have the opportunity to be the excellent parent I know I can be. My thoughts an prayers are with all of you as I have been on this rollercoaster for a second time and know first hand how distressing it is to wait and not know.

I too have just suffered the same as all of you, my baby was born sleeping 5 weeks ago on this coming saturday. I had a concealed abruption on the 4th july at nearly 5 weeks early. I didn't bleed, i thought i was in labour but my contractions/tightenings were lasting too long with only a few seconds gap. i was nearly fainting and was very clammy. I was taken for an emergency c section unaware of what they thought was wrong other than his heart rate was dropping. When i came round from the op they told me what had happened. I had a blood clot the size of a litre and a half bottle of pop and that was why i didn't bleed out.
I have other children and all my pregnancy's were healthy and this one was no different. My beautiful baby boy was perfect in everyway! i am now waiting for a blood test (which is routine) for lupus.
people have said to me 'at least you have others' or 'your young enough to try again' and some have even asked me 'if and when i am having another'! some people don't think before they speak. i do know i want another baby but i am so frightened of it happening again. it is not to replace my angel because no baby ever will!
Not sure if it means anything but i am interested to know if it can be hereditary seeing as it looks like my mum had the same thing.

hi, i had a placenta abruption 9 weeks ago. i was 35 weeks and started having contractions but i knew they were to close together to be labour. suddenly i lost alot of blood, so much that we were soaking it up with bath towels while waiting for the ambulance, there was a clot the size of half a water melon. got to hospital and was relived my baby was alive. i begged them to section me but they insisted i could deliver her naturally. i was only 1 cm dialtaed so labour hadnt even began. they put me on a montor and said her heart rate was fine at 120 bpm. but they didnt tell me that it was dropping. or they werent picking up enough movements. they watched her heart rate fall to 100 bmp but still kept me monitord untill they lost it. only then did they give me an emergency section. it was to late and they couldnt save my daughter maisie....she was a very good weight, a big healthy baby. i cant understand why they watched me for an hour and 45 minutes while she started to go into distress and didnt act till it was to late xxx

i had m placenta abrupt on dec 24 2008 at 10:30p.m. my son was delivered through emergency c-section at 12:04 a.m. dec 25th. i went to bed on xmas eve with light back pain to wake up 20 mins later thinking my water broke, but it was blood. i was rushed to the hospital where they couldn't find a heartbeat and had to have him removed asap even though i was only 36 weeks. so today he is almost 9 months and very healthy. my doc said it could happen in the next pregnancy also so i would have to be put on bed rest. i had 3 healthy kids before this one, and then a miscarriage before my last son was born. it's really scary so i understand how you feel, i never even heard of this before.

i am so glad your baby boy was okay. i will never understand why they acted the way they did...i was told that they had more than likely under estimated the blood loss, but sinse looking into abruptions blood can be inside so they shouldnt have gone with that anyway!
they didnt mention anything to me about bed rest with a next pregnancy, just that its 10% more likely to happen xx

we both almost dies due to the blood loss. they started asking really odd questions: did i do cocaine, do i drink? where is the father? does he hit you? they told me when the placenta abrupts like that either the mother has a habit or they were in some sort of trauma like an accident. they said st 30-32 weeks i would be put on bedrest

they haven't mentioned to me about bed rest either only there is a 10% chance of it happening again. i am wondering if differet hospitals deal with it differently????
lisa_33, it sounds like we went through this around the same time!! i hope you are doing alright x

This also happened to me at 38 weeks, 6 days. I woke up at 2:00 am gushing and rushed to the hospital They hooked me up to the moniter and my baby girls was doing ok. They admitted me to induce me when morning came. Around 6 am her heartrate went over 200 bpm and they decided to do an emergency c-section. She was born healthy and I feel very fortunate. She is 3 years old now. They didn't tell me I would be at higher risk in another pregnancy. This was my 3rd pregnancy that this happened. My first 2 were completely normal. The only cause I can think of was we had a garage sale and I lifted many heavy things 2 days before the abruption. After examining the placenta, they said I had 2 small tears and that the placenta was starting to calcify and look old.

The lost was my boy at 13 and a half weeks. I had placenta abruption. I had brown discharge all along. My doctor had no idea I had placenta abruption. I delivered my baby right in her office. I was in lot of pain and had gone to see her. After my D&c she told me she thought I went through placenta abruption. When I delivered I had no idea he was alive. I was in shock. I just could not see my baby so I refused to see him.. They took him in a glass jar.. and I now I will regret for the rest of my life that I let me child die all alone in cold.. I wish I had the senses .. I only wish.....