Pregnant Olivia Culpo Reveals She Was Bedridden During First Trimester After ‘Bleeding Everywhere’ Due to This Subchronic Condition

Olivia Culpo is getting honest about what happened during the first trimester of her pregnancy.

Days after confirming that she and her husband, Christian McCaffrey, are expecting their first baby together, the mom-to-be, 32, shared a TikTok video filmed on Dec. 12, 2024, during which she was nine weeks pregnant.

In the Tuesday, March 18, upload, Culpo details her updated makeup routine and gives an update on her health, which she explained started getting troublesome after learning of her pregnancy.

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"I have been on bed rest since week two and before that I also had pneumonia so then I was sick also for two weeks. All in all I’ve truly been on bed rest for like four weeks," said Culpo in the "time capsule clip."

The former Miss Universe said that towards the end of her two weeks of being "really sick," she got a "subchorionic hematoma, which is basically a blood clot in my uterus and I was bleeding everywhere."

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According to the Cleveland Clinic, vaginal bleeding is one of the most common symptoms of a subchorionic hematoma, which it describes as "when blood collects under the chorion membrane during pregnancy."

The chorion membrane is in charge of attaching a mother’s uterine wall to her baby’s amniotic sac.

While most subchorionic hematomas go away on their own without causing pregnancy complications, Culpo said at that point she had become "so exhausted."

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"Like two weeks of just not being able to move and then all of a sudden just like purging. It was like a lot. It was heavy," said Culpo.

The experience made it "really exciting to see that there was still a heartbeat," after going to the doctor, but she still faced some limitations.

"He said 'You can't go anywhere. You can't travel.' Like truly staying in bed," said Culpo.

Further in the video, the model confirmed that her pregnancy has improved, expressing that she is "really grateful that everything is going well so far."

"So anyone out there with a subchorionic hematoma or SCH as they call it, I hope this video will help you if you experience a lot of intense bleeding in your first trimester. It’s not always the worst case that you’re thinking,” Culpo said, noting as she began to cry that she hoped "this will help someone not feel alone.”

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“I just want all of you to know, anybody out here going through any part of pregnancy feeling alone, getting news you 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 maternity journey," said Culpo, who previously underwent surgery for endometriosis in November 2020.

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