Help! I fell on the ice today...

megansims_13 · February 2009

Hi! I am 17 weeks today and I fell on the ice..I landed on my bottom and I don't feel any different, but I am still worried! Has this happened to you before? What should I do?

BearkatLou · February 2009

Just call your doc and he'll let you know if he wants you to come in. He'll also let you know what to start looking for just in case. GL!

Hi725 · February 2009

I fell a few times (once, bouncing down half a flight of stairs on my butt, and twice on the ice) and I was fine. My doc said to keep an eye out for spotting or cramping. Your baby is very well protected in there, the odds of something bad happening are slim to none.

sxu0007 · February 2009

You should be okay as long as you aren't cramping or bleeding. I hope you are okay and are not too bruised up!

xGoingToTheChapelX · February 2009

BearkatLou:
Just call your doc and he'll let you know if he wants you to come in. He'll also let you know what to start looking for just in case. GL!

good advice!

Jamers615 · February 2009

I did the same thing over the weekend on our front step and cracked my butt pretty good on the edge of the concrete step. OWWWW! But as long as you didn't fall on your tummy, you should be fine. I dunno about you, but baby's been giving me some extra padding in the butt area, we'll assume it's to help when I fall like a doofus. Stick out tongue

amillwee · February 2009

Unless the fall was bad enough that it would have damaged your internal organs if you were not pregnant, you should be okay! I have totally been there before, I fell up the stairs and landed on my side one time and checked in my pregnancy reference book and that is what it said.

Bernadette5 · February 2009

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. It can't hurt to call your Dr. and just see what they think.

Mrs.Kent · February 2009

Definitely call your doc. There was a girl on here Friday who fell on the ice and ended up going into preterm labor.

Danielle43043 · February 2009

DON'T PANIC...whatever you do. I fell the other day because the floors were so slippery from the snow being tracked in....I got a pretty nasty bruise on my knee and my hip, but fell mostly on my side. I didn't call my doctor because I didn't feel any discomfort other than those 2 places and it's just been healing ever since.

inbetween · February 2009

This happened to me the other day, I called my drs office, and the nurse said just to make sure the baby is moving. Although, you may not feel movement yet. Call your drs. office, they will let you know what to look for. I know it's scary, it seemed as if it took forever to know my little girl was okay!