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July 2014 Moms
katmittens
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Falls in pregnancy - any advice? I took tumble off bicycle today :(
katmittens
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I ride a bike to work, Doc said it was fine to until I feel too unbalanced/uncomfortable.
This morning I was signalling to turn left, had eye contact with a pedestrian who paused on kerb so I went around....but she kept walking across the road!! I chose to screech on brakes and met the pavement/bike for my trouble. Unfortunately my stomach landed hard on the handlebars/wheel. I've grazed both palms, my knee and got decent bruises coming up on my thigh, shin, stomach and upper abdomen. I've fallen of before, but never landed on my tummy before.
Assuming baby is all ok as still in pelvis at 9.5 weeks?? I have my first scan on Monday, but goodness I was in shock. I cried afterwards which I don't normally do - yay hormones! Don't think I'll call Doc as not much they can do?
Anyone else had falls before in pregnancy? Thoughts? This is my first so I'm a bit lost!
I think I'll be on the bus sooner than expected
This morning I was signalling to turn left, had eye contact with a pedestrian who paused on kerb so I went around....but she kept walking across the road!! I chose to screech on brakes and met the pavement/bike for my trouble. Unfortunately my stomach landed hard on the handlebars/wheel. I've grazed both palms, my knee and got decent bruises coming up on my thigh, shin, stomach and upper abdomen. I've fallen of before, but never landed on my tummy before.
Assuming baby is all ok as still in pelvis at 9.5 weeks?? I have my first scan on Monday, but goodness I was in shock. I cried afterwards which I don't normally do - yay hormones! Don't think I'll call Doc as not much they can do?
Anyone else had falls before in pregnancy? Thoughts? This is my first so I'm a bit lost!
I think I'll be on the bus sooner than expected
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Re: Falls in pregnancy - any advice? I took tumble off bicycle today :(
BFP#1: 08/30/12 EDD 04/30/12 m/c 09/04/12 6wks
BFP#2: 01/27/13 EDD 10/06/13 missed m/c 02/25/13 9wks
BFP#3: 10/30/13 EDD 07/05/14 Our little dude was born on 07/10/14 @ 2:19p
Cookie a whole flight of stairs? My goodness! Glad you are ok and thanks for sharing!
BzBear I'm in Australia so its warm this time of year. I don't like riding in the cold either and we don't have proper winter like you guys!
Thanks again everyone.
I fell and rolled down a hill at like 7.5 months pregnant with DD and didn't call my OB and got reamed for it by my nurse. She told me that any time you are pregnant and you have a significant fall you should call the doc. For that reason alone I would call.
Having said that I'm sure your babe is fine nestled down in your pelvis!
Hubby and I were just in a bad car accident on Thanksgiving and airbags went off and everything and I went to the emergency room and got a couple different ultrasounds done and baby was still fine with good heartbeat, so I'm guessing you'd be okay too, but if it worries you at all, it wouldn't hurt to get it checked out as well
I too was in a car accident and my airbags deployed when I was pregnant with DS1. I was 10 weeks along. When I called my OB and she felt if I wasn't bleeding or in unexpected pain (my back, neck and shoulder hurt pretty bad but no abdominal cramping) that baby was well protected at that point of the pregnancy. I hope your appointment goes well.
OB had a prod around and was happy everything is ok, he agreed it was good to come in to check. Sounds like while baby is highly unlikely to get impacted this early on, since our bodies are changing so much (including increase blood supply), any falls can do more damage to Mum than normal.
I won't lie, it was also very comforting to hear a professional say its all ok!
Seems we are a clumsy/accident prone lot, especially at 7 months. Is that because you get unbalanced most then?
That plus by the time of 7+ months that pregnant belly kinda throws off your center of gravity.
DD 1 10/2012
CP 9/2013
DD 2 6/2014
CP 3/2016
BFP 12/8/2016