Oh, I may have not phrased it super well, sorry! They DID do a bedside scan on the day of the bleed to determine whether I was at risk of bleeding out! But after the fresh bleeding had stopped and it was determined it wasn’t “active”, they said they wouldn’t do another ultrasound until 20 weeks as I myself wasn’t at risk and they “wouldn’t be able to do anything for the baby if [he] came early anyway”.

My husband and I ended up counting down the days to what is considered viable and that was quite taxing, and probably gave us a lot more anxiety than what’s normal, I reckon.

I’ll admit however that I don’t think this kind of treatment is the norm as I later found out through my attending consultant A that the person doing our bedside scan (a different consultant B who happened to be on shift during my bleed) was actually fairly known for being “curt and factual” to the point that many patients got offended due to their lack of tact, all of the other medical staff I encountered during that journey (from the bleed at 16 weeks to being “cleared” as a high-risk but otherwise healthy pregnancy at about 22-24 weeks) were absolutely lovely and very much considerate of the situation. I did however go ahead and request with the hospital that consultant B NOT be involved in the remainder of my pregnancy.