Falls.

[rivka]

Twice in the last week I've fallen and hurt myself. That seems a bit much.

A few days ago I tripped on the edge of the plastic floor protector under my desk chair at home. I fell sideways towards my desk and landed hard on my right (small) wrist. It hurt so badly that I felt intensely sick to my stomach, and for the first few minutes Michael and I thought that I might've broken my wrist. I've still got a large, painful bump there, although curiously it didn't bruise much.

Then, just this afternoon, I headed out to lunch and apparently tripped over a sidewalk crack or something. I fell hard enough that when I landed my laptop backpack actually flipped over my head to rest on the sidewalk in front of me. And I scraped my left palm, left elbow, both knees, and the tops of both feet above my sandal straps. The elbow, left knee, and left foot scraped deeply enough to draw blood - the others just lost the top layer of skin.

This encounter wasn't as painful as the wrist injury, except for the part where I had to scrub the deeper scrapes with alcohol wipes. (God only knows what germs are lurking on a Baltimore sidewalk.) My elbow still aches, and it's bruising up pretty well around the scrape.

This seems kind of excessive, doesn't it? It's not as if my center of balance has really changed, yet.

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

if you continue to fall down go boom, i'd say your center of balance has changed, even if it seems early. it does seem excessive, though.

[ailbhe]

I've been told that the problem is that early in pregnancy it has changed very slightly, not enough to be easy to compensate for. Later it's very changed and one is very aware of that.

The wrist sounds bad though - can one crack wrists without being aware of it, as one can elbows?

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

When my friend was pregnant, even before she started to show, her balance was off and she frequently did things like that. Par for the course sometimes?

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I think the balance can shift just enough to matter this early. I mean, your bosom alone has a gravitational field now, right? Also, the ligament-loosening can mean that sometimes you lean and where previously you'd have caught yourself, a joint is looser and you go over.

[mizchalmers.livejournal.com]

In my second pregnancy the relaxin hormone effect kicked in MUCH earlier than it did in the first. And with this being your third (I am so sorry that it is) it wouldn't suprise me if it were kicking in earlier again.

I am still unreliable in the wrists; I drop things when my joints unlock unexpectedly. And the little one is nearly three.

[bosssio.livejournal.com]

just a bit ole ditto to the above.

And I hope your recovering from your falls!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Whatever is behind this, I hope there are no more falls. Falling Rivkas are not a good thing.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Well, you did say you were top-heavy now, I suspect your balance is already changing. If the bump on your right wrist doesn't go down, you should really get it checked. I had a fracture like that once.

[richtermom.livejournal.com]

I managed to twist my ankle on a flat, unblemished surface during a job interview when i was about six months along.

At a lawyers' office.

That went well.

Relaxin ftw.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I have no personal experience with pregnancy, but my mother used to say that her balance and coordination went to hell every time she got pregnant - and pretty much right away. Her theory was that her "bones got loose." I suspect there is no science behind that, however.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I suspect there is no science behind that, however.

Well, actually... that's the "relaxin" that other people are mentioning. It's a hormone that is produced in vastly greater quantity during pregnancy. One of its job is to help open up the pelvis for delivery, but it makes other ligaments and joints more flexible as well. So yeah, her bones did literally get looser.

Kind of cool, huh? Unless you're falling down.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

*grin* As I said, I have no direct experience. I can see where that would be useful, though, a bit later on.

Meanwhile, I dunno, skater pads?

[kate_nepveu]

Dude, that sucks. I will never retrospectively grumble about bumping into things (not with the belly) ever again. Feel better soon.