Subchorionic hematomas (SCHs) are associated with poor reproductive outcome including spontaneous abortions and stillbirth. Although many associations with maternal and prenatal factors have been ...

Spotting during pregnancy is simply a small amount of vaginal bleeding ... "[In early pregnancy], there can [also] be what's called a subchorionic hematoma, and that's an issue with the placenta ...

The study comprised 342 pregnant women who had vaginal bleeding in weeks 9-20 of pregnancy and a live fetus shown with sonography. Sonograms showed a subchorionic hematoma in 62 patients (18%).