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34 Wks w/ a fractured toe! Advice?

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 I fractured my little toe yesterday, which all of you know is very essential to the pregnant body for balancing! I'm on bedrest until I'll be able to walk, crutches are SO difficult to use, I just use them to go to the bathroom. Which is sooo hard because when you gotta go, you gotta go NOW and not ten minutes after baby has been bounced up and down on your bladder because of being on crutches! It's so embarrassing, I ended up wetting my pants this morning trying to make it to the bathroom. Plus sleeping just got ten times worse...

I know there's people in worse situations, but does anyone have any advice? Anything I can put in my diet to speed up recovery? Will my body take nutrients away from baby so that it can heal? And it's only been a day, but bedrest is making me lose my mind! I have to be getting ready for baby, not sitting in bed! Help? =)

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Re: 34 Wks w/ a fractured toe! Advice?

  • slc2bslc2b
    Weird, for the last few days my pinky toe has felt really strange, like when I take a step it pinches or something and it is red and swollen but I don't remember doing anything to it.  Sorry no advice, I think it is kinda weird you are on bedrest for a broken pinky toe though. 
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  • JalynSueJalynSue member

    Bedrest and crutches for a broken pinky toe? Surprise

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  • vegandyvegandy
    They put you on bedrest for a pinky toe?
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  • Ms.WaxMs.Wax
    I've broken toes before.  Can't you just tape it to another toe and hobble around on your heal until it feels a little better?  I don't see the need for the crutches (or the bedrest).  Am I missing something?
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  • Megcheer2Megcheer2 member

    I have a fractured metatarsal and have been wearing an "aircast" (boot) for 2 weeks. The only thing that's made it feel better is rest and wearing the boot. It sucks because not only am I 9 months pregnant, but now I'm the 9 months pregnant girl wearing a boot! I have been able to laugh at myself though and frankly, its feeling SO much better than before. I actually walked on the treadmill today (sans boot) and it feels great still.

    I hope your pinky toe feels better soon!

    ETA: I think crutches and bedrest are also a little extreme just for a broken pinky toe. I broke mine before and just taped it to the next toe and walked around with a slight limp. Is there anything else going on?

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  • WinesNotWhinesWinesNotWhines
    I've broken my pinky toe before, and I didn't need crutches. I don't understand why you'd need to be on bedrest. Your toe has nothing to do with the baby. You may want to get a second opinion.
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  • paxilchykpaxilchyk member

    imagevegandy:
    They put you on bedrest for a pinky toe?

    This!?!  I fell down the stairs and landed on my butt yesterday, maybe my doctor will give me bedrest too! 

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  • micaelasmakeupmicaelasmakeup member
    Just make your DH carry you around, duh.:)





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  • CheckerBoardKittyCheckerBoardKitty
    imageJalynSue:

    Bedrest and crutches for a broken pinky toe? Surprise

    It's not actually even broken, just fractured haha. If I wasn't pregnant I'm sure I could hobble on it, but when I walk I have to balance with my toes because of all the baby weight in front. I don't know why a fracture hurts so badly, it hurts up into my ankle. But they told me not to walk if it hurts, and just to stay in bed till it's not hurting. I think the crutches were more just to help me get around since walking isn't an option, but the crutches seem to make things worse. The bedrest doesn't really have anything to do with me being pregnant, and I'm allowed to start moving again when the pain stops. I think they just don't want me walking because of me balancing with my toes could aggravate the fracture?

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  • micheley88micheley88
    broken and fractured are the same thing. i'm an orthopedic nurse and my advice would be to buddy tape your pinky toe and the toe next to it together. wearing a stiff soled shoe will help as well. i hope that helps!
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  • futuremrsweedofuturemrsweedo
    I broke my pinky toe at the end of September and unfortunately it took until mid December to really feel better.  I didn't do anything special for it though - just hobbled around in flip flops all the time.  Taping didn't really help me.  Hopefully yours gets better much faster!
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