Pregnant Jessica Simpson Barely Escapes Injury

Being neither a husband nor a father myself, I can't say from experience, but there must be times all the world feels like a dangerous place for an expecting mother-to-be.

Jessica Simpson and fiancée Eric Johnson certainly might've felt a bit uncomfortable with how close the due-any-moment Simpson came to being felled by an errant tree branch recently, as reported by E! Online today.

The pair were taking a St. Patrick's Day stroll in Venice when the wind-blown palm tree limb nearly came crashing down upon Simpson. Fortunately, it instead hit the street harmlessly reportedly a step or two before the "Fashion Star" judge's probably quite swollen feet. Luckily, as seen below, she just managed to rear back out of the way.

To get some idea how she coped after such a harrowing brush, check out the video below from E! Online recapping Simpson's Los Angeles baby shower the next day with sister Ashlee, buddy Jessica Alba and about 40-some others.