Electric shock

[Lau88]

I'm 35 weeks and just got an electric shock from turning off a light. It was only a small shock which I only felt in my finger and arm, baby's moved a couple times since. Has anyone else had a shock so late? I've got midwife tomorrow afternoon so would rather speak to her rather than spend the night down the hospital but obviously will do if I should.

Do u ladies think I should call l&d considering it was only small from turning off a switch?

Thanks x

 

[AngelBunny]

i reckon you'll be fine if it only went up your arm. i've had a small shock when pregnant in 2nd tri from where my chinchillas had chewed through a wire. i had a proper shock from the mains once when i was cleaning the inside of the electric box with a wet sponge (dumbass much!!) and that was totally different actually threw me across the room & my heart stopped for a few seconds. i'd be concerned about that but not so much a tiny one. how did you get a shock off the light switch is it damaged? xx

 

[Lau88]

Thanks for replying. I think I'll be ok but I'm just very paranoid. Nope not damaged, just hadn't been on for a while and had a hissy fit on me. Think I'll be on the Doppler rest of the night now x

 

[AngelBunny]

do you mean a static shock? if it's giving out real electric shocks it really needs to be replaced! xx

 

[aley28]

do you mean a static shock? if it's giving out real electric shocks it really needs to be replaced! xx

I agree! If you're getting real electric shocks, you need to get an electrician in there ASAP and get that fixed.

If it was just a static shock, I rather doubt that can cause any harm.

 

[Lau88]

It could of been. Tbh when it happened I just got so flustered electric came to mind. Thankfully she sounds fine on the Doppler x

 

[BrieAnne]

I wouldn't worry too much as long as there is no substantial decrease in movement. When I was in the 2nd trimester, my friend and I had our legs in the pool from below the knee down when lightening struck a short distance away. Obviously we didn't get a direct hit or we probably wouldn't be here, but the residual ground shock traveled through the pool water and gave us both a good shock. It was quite a jolt, enough to make us both freak out, but it jumped from our legs through the back of the thigh and into the patio we were sitting on, which is where we felt the actual shock - from the arch. From what I've learned, as long as it didn't travel too close to where LO is, there shouldn't be much of an effect. But I think they would mainly look for fetal movement as an indicator. Try not to worry, but definitely get someone to take a look at your switch regardless. I know I will not be anywhere a pool if it's going to rain, I thought that was only on tv.... guess not.