Olivia Culpo has detailed a blood clot that appeared through the early weeks of her being pregnant.
Sharing her expertise through a TikTok submit on Tuesday, March 18, Culpo, 32, detailed how her lately introduced being pregnant to husband Christian McCaffrey left her “bleeding all over the place.”
The video, which was recorded on December 12 when Culpo was 9 weeks’ pregnant, revealed that the mannequin was placed on strict mattress relaxation after falling unwell for 2 weeks with pneumonia. “I’ve been actually on bedrest for, like, 4 weeks,” she stated earlier than transferring into the small print of her blood clot. “In direction of the tip of the 2 weeks of being actually sick, I obtained a subchorionic hematoma which is principally a blot clot in my uterus and I used to be bleeding all over the place.”
In accordance with BabyCenter, a subchorionic hematoma, also called a subchorionic hemorrhage, happens, “when blood leaks out and collects between the uterine wall and the chorion,” which is the membrane round a rising child.
Culpo, who introduced her being pregnant through Instagram on March 10, defined that she had been left “so exhausted” consequently, however was relieved to listen to her child’s coronary heart beat throughout a go to to her physician. There, she discovered methods to navigate the remaining weeks of her first trimester.
“[The doctor] stated you may’t go anyplace, you may’t journey … simply actually, keep in mattress,” Culpo stated earlier than including that “so much” of progesterone suppositories helped to “preserve the setting greatest” for her unborn youngster and allowed “the placenta to connect.”
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Culpo concluded, “I’m actually grateful that every little thing’s going nicely to this point. I actually do imagine [the progesterone suppositories are] the one cause why I’m nonetheless carrying this child. I simply hope that this can assist anyone else going by means of this.”
Culpo and NFL participant McCaffrey, 28, tied the knot in June 2024 after courting for greater than 4 years. Culpo stated throughout an October 2023 TikTok video that after she walked down the aisle with McCaffrey, she deliberate to “rip out” her IUD and “begin making an attempt instantly.”
She shared a selfie of her rising bump through Instagram on Sunday, March 16, posing in a brown loungewear jumpsuit paired with a grey cardigan and matching brown baseball cap as she smiled softly for the snap.
Culpo has documented varied levels of her being pregnant, together with participating in a maternity picture shoot that she shared as a part of her being pregnant announcement submit. “Subsequent chapter, motherhood,” she wrote alongside two serene snaps of her kneeling on the bottom whereas cradling her tummy.