Bruises

BoothBaby · August 2014

Kinda weird, but ever since DS was born, I have had a smattering of small bruises on my thighs. Not always the same ones, of course; they fade, and new ones appear. But I almost always have some, and I don't know why. I let DS stand on my legs sometimes, but he's not that heavy, and its not like he's wearing cleats. I'm starting to wonder if it's an iron deficiency or something? Does anyone else have this? I am also still BFing, so I am wondering if that might have something to do with it. They don't hurt, they are just ugly.

BoothBaby · August 2014

@amber0389‌ -- do you have them on your legs too? That is the only place I get them. It's so weird.

74dragonfly · August 2014

I have them too. I think it is from infant carrier, baby kicking me, clumsy.

I still shed a lot too @amber0389

Ltpugs · August 2014

I have the same bruises on my legs. I think they're from letting LO jump on my legs. I tend to bruise easily though.

I'm also loosing my hair like crazy! It's everywhere... But my head.

kkmommy07 · August 2014

Ditto I am constantly losing hair and bruise like crazy, everywhere! Arms, legs, stomach, yesterday I found one on the back of my hand. I EP but have always bruised easily now it just seems excessive.

Jen4033 · August 2014

I have always had this issue even before I had my first child. I get bruises all over my legs & I could never remember what I could have possibly done to get it.

Just more recently, I had bumped myself, hard enough to have it stick in my head that I did it. It wasn't until 2 weeks later, that a bruise appeared! I figured that had to be why I could never remember what I did to get the bruise because it was so long ago! So am I not the only strange one with this?? wow!

wmarley · August 2014

I get the same bruises on the outsides of my thighs but also near my knees. So. Many. Bruises. I'm not BF'ing though so don't know if it's related to that. I guess it's from baby jumping on me and I'm always lugging around his gear so that prob hits my legs too.

mamashan12 · August 2014

74dragonfly said:

I have them too. I think it is from infant carrier, baby kicking me, clumsy.
I still shed a lot too @amber0389

I constantly have them on my thighs and I realized it's from carrying the infant carrier.

I did have a conversation with DH the other night because I'm covered in bruises. Some of them are really nasty, and though I've always bruised easily, it's gotten much worse since LO was born. I have a doctor's appointment today, so I was planning to ask him about it.

pashed · August 2014

I came here thinking it was about bruises on LOs knees from crawling.

Skylight21 · August 2014

Iron deficiency will cause you to develops bruises very easily. This happened to me as a teenager. My legs would just be black and blue all the time.

BoothBaby · August 2014

mamashan12 said:

I constantly have them on my thighs and I realized it's from carrying the infant carrier.

I did have a conversation with DH the other night because I'm covered in bruises. Some of them are really nasty, and though I've always bruised easily, it's gotten much worse since LO was born. I have a doctor's appointment today, so I was planning to ask him about it.

Let us know what the doc says! I have been debating about making an appt for myself.

Hncamp · August 2014

Carrying the car seat? I had a ton of them until I quit lugging it around so much.

mamashan12 · August 2014

BoothBaby said:

I constantly have them on my thighs and I realized it's from carrying the infant carrier.

I did have a conversation with DH the other night because I'm covered in bruises. Some of them are really nasty, and though I've always bruised easily, it's gotten much worse since LO was born. I have a doctor's appointment today, so I was planning to ask him about it.
Let us know what the doc says! I have been debating about making an appt for myself.

So my OB/GYN said he sees this a lot on new moms and it's from carrying the car seat. He was a bit concerned about all the other bruises and ran some blood work to check my iron/thyroid.

lp0 · August 2014

My legs are covered in bruises too. I figured they were from adS since he's always jumping on me.

starskit1283 · August 2014

I have bruises too! Called md couple weeks ago bc it was starting to freak me out. Md said unless I start getting on my back and belly not to worry about em. But I get em allllll the time on my legs and arms! Thought I was the only one...apparently not :P

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