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slipped on ice!

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Haggisfish · 27/12/2009 16:55

Hello everyone
Hope you are all well. I'm looking for some reassurance if possible! I was out walking my dogs today in beautiful snowy scenery, when I slipped and fell straight onto my tailbone - it bl++dy hurt. However, I was a bit shocked, but am a bit fretful of hurting my baby! I am only 14 weeks, and did not directly hit baby or bump, but am worried about tearing placenta or cord. Can anyone reassure me that this is highly unlikely?! I didn't hit my head or anything and I managed to continue with the walk - you now how you get home and start fretting, though!
I'll phone midwife in the morning, but have not had any spotting or cramping or anything. Any reassuring tales of falls and perfectly healthy babies born later would be very reassuring - no horror stories please!
Many thanks
Haggsifish

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MumNWLondon · 27/12/2009 17:08

i fell of a treadmill when i was around 12-14 weeks pregnant with DS. Some idiot in the gym had left it running but had disappeared and i didn't notice it was on.

fell on my bum and got a big fright and a bruise. spoke to my dad who is a GP and he didn't even think it necessary to get it checked out, baby very cushioned at that pointand everything was ok, didn't affect DS at all.

bigcar · 27/12/2009 17:08

yep, done it in 2 pregnancies, both babies absolutely fine, just get yourself checked if worried

sb6699 · 27/12/2009 17:13

I fell on ice TWICE with DD". She is perfectly healthy.

Maybe a visit to your MW would put your mind at ease.

TeamEdwardsSparklyBaubles · 27/12/2009 17:20

I slipped on a freshly polished school hall floor with DS2 at about 16 weeks.
I/He was absolutely fine.

FabHasHadALovelyXmas · 27/12/2009 17:22

I would call your MW now if you are really worried. I can understand why you don't want any horror stories but the fact is some people will have had bad falls and then lost their baby and you have to be aware of that.

Take care.

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Haggisfish · 27/12/2009 17:44

Thank you everyone - phew! It wasn't really a bad fall, and I am currently 450 miles away from my midwife, so couldn't even really get to see her if I wanted to! I'll see how i feel tomorrow and if I have any concerns I'll go to A&E. Thank you everyone - I feel very reassured!

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MumNWLondon · 27/12/2009 18:04

Fab - clearly the OP knows this, and thats why she is worried. A call to MW is hardly going to help....

FabHasHadALovelyXmas · 27/12/2009 18:12

Right.

HeadFairy · 27/12/2009 18:16

I fell down the stairs at 34 weeks and landed hard on my coccyx this pregnancy... I was really in pain for four weeks, but everything's fine with the baby... been scanned since. You have quite a bit of hefty bone between you and the baby when you land on your tailbone so the baby is very well protected, and all the fluid absorbs the shock.

peppapighastakenovermylife · 27/12/2009 18:50

Sorry I agree with Fab. The OP fell over - this may or may not be a problem but we cannot tell her everything is ok from her description over the internet.

It is highly likely absolutely everything is ok. Extremely likely everything is ok. However there is the minute possibility there might not be. Anyone with any concern about themselves or their baby should ring their midwife. Of course come on here looking for reassurance and advice but we cannot tell you so.

OP - I am sure everything is fine. The baby is so small and so well cushioned at this point that this is unlikely to affect you or the baby. I think problems with the placenta come when you are much further gone and you fall flat on your back / on the baby / awkwardly. However I would really ring her just for reassurance - she could listen to the heart beat when you get back or suggest you pop to A & E where they may scan you just to put your mind at rest. They did this for my friend when her DS kicked her hard in the stomach even sooner than this.

I'm sure everything is fine though

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Haggisfish · 27/12/2009 19:17

Thank you everyone - I do know that people can feel uncomfortable saying 'everything will be fine' on an internet forum site - if I was really concerned I had damaged either myself or my baby, I would have been straight off to hospital/A&E. However, I have been reassured that it has happened to lots of other people who have been fine, so I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow and will definitely call midwife when I get home.
I'm stuck in the highlands of Scotland at the mo, so it would probably be far more hazardous getting to the 'local' A&E (17 miles away!) on the icy roads than waiting until tomorrow. A fall on ice is one thing, a single track road crash into a ditch quite another!

Thanks again everyone,
Haggisfish

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bigpreggybelly · 27/12/2009 19:19

I fell over at around 14 weeks in the loos at work. It really shook me up even though I didn't land on my stomach.

I'm sure everything will be OK particularly as you fell on your bum not your stomach.

After I fell I mentioned it to the doc a couple of days later when having some blood tests done, and they got the doppler out so I was able to listen to its heart beat for the first time!

They are well padded by your body, but do go to your docs if you are concerned.

Apparently most pregnant women fall over at some point during the pregnancy because your centre of gravity shifts. But you would have to be quite seriously injured yourself before the baby would come to any harm - that's what my book said anyway.

saltyseadog · 27/12/2009 19:22

Hi Haggisfish, I fell over at 24 weeks. Fortunately I was massively cushioned by my laptop, bag and ginormous pregnant arse. I didn't even get a bruise, although the contents of my make-up bag were crushed (a small price to pay). Babe was scanned anyway 2 days later (scan unrelated to fall) and all was well .

MumNWLondon · 27/12/2009 19:35

What I meant was more that if the OP had done any damage as a result of the fall, well the damage would have been done, and no call to midwife, nor a scan nor listening to the baby on a doppler would rememdy the situation - it would just be for reassurance.

Of course not possible to say all is ok on internet forum but as someone else pointed out most pregnant women fall at some point in pregnancy, and luckily she fell on her bottom not bump and early in pregnancy the baby is very cushioned, and much less likely to cause damage to the placenta.

VeronicaCake · 27/12/2009 21:17

This sounds like a horror story but it really isn't - I fell over running down a slope about 5 weeks ago when I was 15 weeks pregnant. I landed head first, knocked myself out, dislocated my right shoulder, did something as yet undiagnosed to my left knee, covered my face, legs and hands in cuts, bruises and friction burns. So all told a pretty bad fall.

But the baby is absolutely fine, they found a nice strong heartbeat when I got to A and E, and I had my 20 week scan last week and it is wriggling happily all over the place. As everyone says they are well cushioned in there.

Do get it checked out, but don't worry too much in the meantime. Do you know your blood group yet? Because if you are rhesus negative like me your midwife may want you to have a prophylactic dose of anti-D (as a precaution - she also did a blood test to check if the baby had been bleeding and it hadn't), and they generally want to do this within 3 days of the fall, so the sooner you let them know the better.

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Haggisfish · 27/12/2009 21:25

Oh my god veronicacake - how awful for you! I'm glad that all is well with your baby - hope all your aches and pains are getting better. You must have been going at some rate! Thank you for your reassurance and I will definitely phone tomorrow - hadn't thought abot the rhesus thing - I haven't had the results of my blood tests back yet, but they should have them on file as they were taken ages ago.

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memorylapse · 27/12/2009 21:54

as others have said..the only way you will be reassured is to get checked out...however..however I beleive its less of a worry to fall on your bum..its more worrying if you fall or have a blow to your bump as this can cause placental abruption.....that said...unborn babies are incredibly resilient..when I was 26 weeks pregnant with dd1 19 years ago..I was walking through camb ridge when a cyclist ploughed straight into my bump..yet she was fine

MumNWLondon · 28/12/2009 00:05

On the RH- question - obviously depends on how bad the fall was, but I am Rh- and my 14 week fall on my bum wasn't considered bad enough to require anti-D - but yes worth discussing - could you find a local GP thats nearer than A&E? They could also listen to heartbeat with doppler?

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Haggisfish · 28/12/2009 09:41

Well, i phoned my midwife who said it is highly unlikely that any damage has been done, and also highly unlikely that much could be done on a bank holiday monday in terms of scanning etc! She said to phone local maternity unit and go along if I was concerned - I feel much better today with only a sore backside, so think I will be ok. Thank you for all your comments and reassurances.

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midori1999 · 28/12/2009 12:33

I know a lot of people who have fallen off hiorses in early pregancy, one twice, and all been fine.

I didn't fall off, but rode when I was pregnant, (my midwife was horsey, so she understood and no nagging there!) and my GP tol dme that up until around 20 weeks I was unlikely to have any problems if I fell off as the baby was so well protected. Needless to say, all was fine.

Obviously you have the common sense to contact the midwife or doctor if you feel anything is wrong, but no need to worry unecessarily. I can imagine it would be frightening and upsetting at the time though.

Morloth · 28/12/2009 13:57

I think it has to be pretty bad before you have too worry.

I fell down our back steps at home (6 steps in total) onto concrete when I was 26 weeks with DS. Landed on my hip, hurt like a bitch and I felt "weird" for a moment, but was fine a couple of minutes later (except for the giant bruise on the hip). DS was fine.

I think if you feel OK then everything probably is so. Humans are pretty tough really and there wouldn't be so many of us if we were all that delicate!

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