I'm 5 weeks 2 days pregnant and for a week now I've had a bruise on my thigh. I don't even know how it got there! I know I don't have low iron. First of all, I don't have any of the symptoms for anemia and I've been eating a lot of foods with iron in them, mostly spinach. I can't take the prenatal vitamins because they make me break out, so my doc and I developed a diet plan for me.
My question is: What would make these bruises hang out for so long? It hasn't changed colors or anything. Has this happened to anyone else?
2007-12-02 10:24:30 · 3 answers · asked by christiekpoe 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Well, I don't bruise easily. Honestly, I think I've had less than 10 bruises in my entire lifetime. And the ones I did get were caused by pretty significant trauma. Car wreck once, I dropped a cast iron skillet on my foot, things like that. And they left within a few days... maybe that's just my body. That's why I find these bruises so weird!
2007-12-02 10:30:35 · update #1
I dont know about you, but whenever I get a bruise it hangs out for like 2-3 weeks, especially if its on my legs.
As far as I know its normal.
2007-12-02 10:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't bruise easily either, but i think when your pregnant you tend to forget things(just like i do) and you may have just bumped yourself and not even known it, if the bruise gets any bigger or does not appear lighter within a few days/week. I would talk to my doctor about it. Good luck and congratulations.
2007-12-02 10:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by Foxy B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you speak to your doctor about this? If he hasn't been saying anything about it then I guess it's normal. Talk to him and ask if they normally go away within a certain time.
2007-12-02 10:38:11 · answer #3 · answered by Grant N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋