Bruises On Legs When Pregnant

If you are worried get them checked by your GP or midwife though.

Bruises on legs when pregnant. Sometimes you cant see anything but just feel a pinching and the lumps underneath the skin. This occurs in 44 to 116 of pregnancies. As bruises contusions heal usually within 2 to 4 weeks they often turn colors including purplish black reddish blue or yellowish green.

Doctors will check a womans platelet levels throughout a pregnancy term but bruising could be a symptom of gestational thrombocytopenia which leads to a low platelet count. Blood leaks into tissues under the skin and causes the black-and-blue color. It can be alarming to see unexplained bruises on your legs or your childs legs particularly if you dont recall an incident that couldve caused them.

Frankly Im not surprised because hes always running tripping climbing and falling. Its normal to get some swelling in pregnancy particularly in your legs ankles feet and fingers. I still cant help but to be concerned about them though.

Bruises develop from damage to blood. This accounts for around 75 of all cases of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy. Swelling that comes on gradually is not usually.

Women are very succeptible to both during pregnancy. This occurs in 44 to 116 of pregnancies. I cant think of how he would have bruised himself so no idea where its from.

Has any other mums experienced this. You may notice that your shoes become too tight. The swelling is accompanied by a fever.