So I was in my basement getting Christmas decorations out, and didn’t realize there were boards with exposed nails on the ground. I had slippers on (thankfully as they took most of the blow), but did get punctured. I’m up to date on my tetanus shot, and went to urgent care first thing this morning. Was told everything is fine as long as my tetanus is up to date and we also cleaned it with alcohol and peroxide as soon as it happened and are keeping the area of my foot clean.. but I can’t quite walk on it and I AM SO WORRIED about the well-being of my baby. I’m 20 weeks and 5 days and all I fear is this causes a nasty infection but I know I’m doing all that I can for it.. (the nail was DIRRRTY but not rusted from what we could tell) I keep beating myself up for being such an idiot but hubs keeps reminding me accidents happen.. has anyone had anything similar happen?
I just need to ease my mind. I’m always anxious and this just made me a wreck.. 💔
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Your baby is and will be fine. As will you! My husband stepped on a rusted nail and punctured his foot from the neighbors messy hired roofers. Went to urgent care and everything was just fine.
No need to worry, you’re up to date on your shot and your foot is clean. Ease your mind 💖

I stepped on a plug as a kid and punctured my foot. Also was not rusty and got my tetanus shot renewed that day as it was out of date. No issues at all. It's very very unlikely you will get an infection and if anything it will likely be localized and not harmful to baby as it sounds like it was not deep. If nail was not rusty, then no need to worry about tetanus! ❤

thank you❤️❤️ my mind always goes to worst case scenario all the time so it’s always helpful to hear it from others

You can always go get a tetanus shot! I’m sorry that happened to you

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