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Question about IV bruising

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I just had my baby Monday.  The first IV the nurse tried to put in after saying "did you leave your veins at home?" (which made me feel so confident in her abilities) was not successful, and as a result, I have bruising in my knuckles.  My hand is still VERY sore.  Is this normal?  The bruises hurt to the slightest touch and I think it's weird they are in my knuckles.
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Re: Question about IV bruising

  • UMichGirlUMichGirl member
    I had to have a couple IV ports while in the hospital and the whole top of my hand was bruised and hurt to touch for several days afterward. Not sure about the knuckles thing but I think the bruising itself is very normal!
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  • cstwcstw
    Yes, I accidentally bumped my IV and it left a big bruise. It went away. 
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  • k4slr6k4slr6 member
    They messed mine up too and I had huge bruises up my arm.  Everytime a nurse came in they asked me what happened.  It was very black, purple for a long time afterwards and took awhile to go away.
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  • jrgoogrljrgoogrl member
    I had the same problem. I'm 2 weeks PP and I'm still bruised. It's fading....slowly.
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    It goes away with time. Ouch!
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  • brparishbrparish member

    I have crappy veins so this happened to me as well...only it took my nurses 4 tries to get my IV started.  I ended up with a large hematoma on my left hand so my entire hand was swollen and bruised.  The bruising lasted a good 2 weeks for me and was sore to the touch for about that long as well.  Hopefully yours wont last as long! 

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