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Phone Charger incident

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bellemccarthy · 01/10/2023 18:52

Hi Guys,
so Wednesday night I switched off my phone charger which was plugged into the wall and took the lead out of my phone (Lightning cable) without knowing it I held the part that normally would go into your phone in my left hand between my index finger and thumb. I didn't feel anything there was no shock or no bang or flash or anything like that. I let go of it when I realised how I was holding it and then I felt a tingling pain slowly going through my finger into the palm of my hand. I thought my arm was a bit tingly afterwards but this could of been me panicking and imagining stuff. I rang my GP straight away the next morning and she basically laughed at me on the phone saying everything is alright and that baby wouldn't even feel this. for the next two days after my arm felt weird same as above I don't know if it actually felt weird or was it my mind playing tricks on me. since then I've been extremely worried about baby (I'm 30 weeks pregnant). I have an appointment in 2 days which is the reason I'm not going in today. Since then I haven't been sleeping properly I've been vomiting due to stress or something and I cant eat right . has anyone else gone through this and baby was ok? I'm just worried I caused her to have a heart problem now or brain damage or something ill never forgive myself. Any advise is welcome.

HebeMumsnet · 01/10/2023 20:58

Flowers Hope you're ok, OP. These things can feel so worrying when you're pregnant and looking after your own wellbeing should definitely be your priority at this stage. You've sought all the right help from your GP and been given advice from them, so hopefully can feel a bit reassured by that, but you can always give your midwife team a call in the morning if that will help? In our experience, they're always happy to listen and reassure.

Hopefully, your appointment in a couple of days will properly put your mind at rest, and as others have said, do tell them how anxious you feel as they might be able to offer a bit of extra support. Feeling anxious at this stage of pregnancy is both completely normal and also completely deserving of being heard and helped.

In the meantime, we hope you can put your feet up with a cup of tea and something funny on TV to take your mind of it. Do stick around and let us know how you're doing.

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