https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 02:02:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2593441 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:01:15 +0000 youboots 2593441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for chiming in. The dr said the area that hurts has lots of cartilage so I just tweaked them. Those advice nurses get me so riled. Last week they sent us to emergency because it sounded like T had pertussis (it was croup) bless nurses, but the ones on the phone have been scaring me lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2593326 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:53:11 +0000 regberadaisy 2593326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I got pneumonia while pregnant with DD2 and was coughing so much, I bruised my ribs. It's legit painful and I thought for sure I cracked a rib. The pain stuck around even after my pneumonia was gone! I want to say for another 5-7 days? Feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2593184 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:56:49 +0000 MrsB2012 2593184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom did it a few years ago. The pain was quite bad but they can't do anything for it. I think it took 6-8 weeks to feel totally better?<br /> Hope you feel better soon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2593096 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:37:05 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2593096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry - that sounds awful. I know I pulled a muscle in my ribs one time and it killed me to just breathe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2593035 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:58:15 +0000 jhd 2593035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope you get some answers and start feeling better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592995 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:15:34 +0000 youboots 2592995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My appointment is at 3:30 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592989 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:12:52 +0000 Littlebit7 2592989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ribs can actually shift a little back where they connect to the spine at the facet joints. This can cause the intercostal muscles (muscles between ribs) to go into spasm. Sometime people describe pain that wraps around their sides and hurts especially with deep breathing.<br /> The best thing you can do is continue to practice deep breathing (even if it hurts). You don't want to get pneumonia from shallow breathing. If in fact you do have a cracked rib, theres not much you can do about it. Just wait it out. ugh, I know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592959 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:19:28 +0000 petunia354 2592959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe it's pleurisy? I had it a couple years ago and the pain was excruciating at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592947 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:10:21 +0000 BabyTsMom 2592947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also had a terrible cough for about eight weeks, where I bruised a couple of ribs. No broken bones but it sure felt that way. So painful. I hope you're on the mend soon, it's an awful way to be sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592881 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:44:34 +0000 PurplePeony 2592881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few years ago, I bruised a couple ribs from coughing. They weren't cracked but they still hurt like hell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592879 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:42:06 +0000 IRunForFun 2592879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could also have pulled or strained a muscle while coughing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592858 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:20:39 +0000 Mama Bird 2592858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, it does happen :( but thankfully cracked ribs do get better on their own. Feel better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592835 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:56:51 +0000 littlebug 2592835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! My sister had a cracked rib during pregnancy - either from coughing or puking, she wasn't sure which one. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592736 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:10:29 +0000 lilyann 2592736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened to me last fall! It was very irritating and I had several scans and doctor visits. I think I bruised a muscle near my lungs because it went away after a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592730 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:08:42 +0000 MrsRcCar 2592730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Several winters in a row I had walking pneumonia. I had more then a few cracked ribs! It was terrible. Hope you get well soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cracking-a-rib-from-coughing#post-2592714 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 08:54:18 +0000 youboots 2592714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had bronchitis for 9 days. DD is almost better from HFM and croup. It's been rough. Anyways yesterday I noticed an acute pain in a rib when I cough and sometimes breathe. I thought rib fracture from coughing was an urban legend or something. Has this happened to you or someone you know? How long did it take to heal? I have an appointment this afternoon but I can't imagine what else it could be. This is getting ridiculous. </p>