crazy bruising!?!?

jeannette&matt

A few days ago I noticed a strange bruise on my lower back near my hip.  I could not figure out what could have caused it, but wrote it off not thinking much of it.  I just now changed out of my clothes and I now have a LARGE bruise on my stomach about the size of my hand.  Again, I have no explanation for the cause of it.  WTF?  I have my regularly scheduled appointment Monday, but wondering if it can wait.  Anybody experience this?   I take my vitamins regularly so I would be surprised if my iron was low.

DestinationWeddingKeyWest

Hmmm...I'm not sure of why it would happen, and maybe you don't want to google too much.  But if it were me I might call the on-call OB and just run it by them so you feel better.

PubStar09

Sorry to lurk from 3rd tri, but are you taking any kind of blood thinners?

Before I got pregnant, I was pretty hooked on Ibuprofen (hooked as in, I would get a headache twice a week and it was the only thing that fixed it).  I've since kicked the habit and don't get headaches very often.  Anyway, Ibuprofen is a blood thinner, and I would bruise so easily and often, it was crazy.

jeannette&matt

PubStar09:

Sorry to lurk from 3rd tri, but are you taking any kind of blood thinners?

Before I got pregnant, I was pretty hooked on Ibuprofen (hooked as in, I would get a headache twice a week and it was the only thing that fixed it).  I've since kicked the habit and don't get headaches very often.  Anyway, Ibuprofen is a blood thinner, and I would bruise so easily and often, it was crazy.

 

Thanks, but I am not.  I did happen to take one ibruprofen yesterday, but it was only the third one i have taken the whole pregnancy.  I am on a blood pressure med, but I checked the side effects and its not listed. 

Do you guys think this can wait until Monday or would you call today?

grlmom16

I could be wrong but I think anemia could cause easy bruising? Not sure where I heard that...My iron is low and they put me on a supplement. Didn't really have any bruising though, but it had just started to get low.

Kimmy1836

I bruise really, really easily but am not anemic. If this bruising is a new thing for you, then I would definitely bring it up at your doctor's appointment. You may just have low iron. I wouldn't panic about it, but mention it on Monday.