Last night I had my first big scare of pregnancy. I was walking to a restaurant in this ski town with my husband's god-brother (DH had dropped us off to go get parking) and I totally wiped out on the ice. I landed hard on my right hip and hand, so I didn't hit my stomach at all, but of course it totally freaked me out.
I know rationally that women fall/get in car accidents/otherwise get shaken up while pregnant and the baby is just fine, but it upset me so much! I started crying when my husband caught up to us and I told him what happened-- I felt like a bad mom for not being more careful. I ended up calling my sister (a doctor), who told me everything was TOTALLY fine and that she's seen a lot of women do much worse during pregnancy and be totally fine. I have been feeling some little kicks, so that is making me feel better as well.
I feel pretty bad for DH's god-brother-- he was pretty shaken up by it as well and kept apologizing for not catching me before I went down. He is a total sweetheart, and I told him that of course it is NOT his fault, but I feel so bad for him. He hasn't been around many pregnant women before (he's only 27 and is single), so this was pretty frightening for him.
Lesson learned: walk carefully and don't wear anything but flats when walking in slushy/icy conditions!
Re: Slipped and fell last night :(
Oh, well that's good. If you feel the kicks then everything is obviously fine. For me, when I fell (and even now), the movement I feel is still barely consistent so even though everyone was saying it was fine, I needed to hear that heartbeat to ease my mind :-)