Pregnant model Olivia Culpo, who is expecting her first child with her NFL star husband Christian McCaffrey, has recalled being "really sick" in her first trimester after a blood clot in her uterus left her "bleeding everywhere" and bed-ridden for four weeks.
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00:14Have been on bed rest for week two and before that I had pneumonia
00:19So that I was sick also for two weeks and all I've been
00:22Truly on bed rest for like four weeks the end of the two weeks of being really sick
00:26I got a subchorionic hematoma, which is basically a blood clot in my uterus and I was bleeding everywhere
00:32but at this point I was so
00:35Exhausted like two weeks of just not being able to move and then all of a sudden just like purging. It was like a lot
00:42heavy
00:44Went to the doctor and it was really exciting to see that there was still heartbeats that you can't go anywhere
00:50You can't travel like just truly staying in bed
00:57You
01:02800 grams of progesterone a lot of progesterone that you have to put up your crotch
01:08Which a lot of girls know about this helps eat the environment best for the baby
01:12It calms down the uterine wall and allows the placenta to attach really grateful that everything's going well so far
01:19So anybody out there with a subchorionic hematoma or SCH as they call it
01:25I hope that this video will help you if you experience a lot of intense bleeding in your first trimester
01:31It's not always the worst case that you're thinking
01:40Expect this video to get so emotional
01:43I just want all of you to know anybody out there going through any part of pregnancy feeling alone getting news
01:48You don't want to get feeling like you don't know why it's happening to you. I'm praying for you for everybody in their
01:53Maternity journey. I love you guys