would you call at the midwifes drop in center to just check or am i being silly?

karla1 · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:15 AM

hello ladies

i am in 2 minds over what i should do

my midwifes have a drop in hour at 1-2pm on thursdays and i am wondering if i should go or if i am just worrying over nothing

here my problem

i read all the time that after 28 week ANY change in fetal movement (anything that isnt the norm whether increase or decrease in movement) you should get checked out.

well for the past 3 days (4th day if it carries on today) i have felt my little man moving but not kicking/punching. he used to kick all the time and you could really see my tummy jump but lately its more like he he is wiggling around and not kicking his legs/arms. at first i thought maybe he has turned so he is facing my back and that why i am not feeling "kicks" but i have weighed myself this morning and i have lost 2 lbs this week (am already over a stone below my prepregnancy weight)

what do you ladies think should i go or will i be wasting their time?

Button# · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:18 AM

I don't think it's ever a waste of time if it stops you worrying, but my little boy started becoming more of a wriggler than a kicker as he got bigger. I think he just ran out of room to take a good swing. I'm sure everything is fine.

karla1 · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Button#

I don't think it's ever a waste of time if it stops you worrying, but my little boy started becoming more of a wriggler than a kicker as he got bigger. I think he just ran out of room to take a good swing. I'm sure everything is fine.

i do wonder if i will ever not worry ever again. when i first got pregnant i worried something would happen but thought once i get to 12 weeks i would chill out but then i worried about my 20 week scan, then i worried about getting to 27 weeks (what my hospital class as viable date) now i worry about reduced/change in movement and cords round neck and i know once he is born i will worry about everything from little cuts and bruises to all the creeps and weirdos we share this planet with

its going to be none stop worrying from here on in isnt it?

MrsM17 · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:28 AM

This happened to me approx this time. I never get kicks now its all just rolls limbs poking out etc... baby runs out of room to kick. Go and get checked though as there is nothing worse than sitting at home worrying. It will become more apparant as the weeks go on that baby is bigger and you kick count movements as 1, I had to ask this as I paniced xx

Button# · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:29 AM

Aw bless, sounds like you need to take a breather and try and relax. Your baby is fine and probably snuggled up in there plotting his next how to worry mummy move!

MaybBaby · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:31 AM

they do struggle to kick in this tri i think,but if your gut instinct says 'somethings up' act on it,even if it isn't, they would probably just tell you to go hospital if anything,so maybe phone them see if they will,if not they'll refer you to call the antenatal ward so you can be put on a doppler/machine and get some monitoring. Anytime you feel baby isn't moving in his/her 'normal' way and it worries you go in chick

im sure LO is fine but better safe than sorry, i went in when i thought my LO had stopped

gl doll xxxx

happygal · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:32 AM

Don't ever think you are wasting their time hun. If you are ever worried it s always best to get checked. Chances are it will usually turn out to be fine but you don't want the one time you don't go to be the one time you really should of x

ERConnell · Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:41 AM

At 29/30 weeks i started to notice he wasnt kicking much at all anymore he was just wriggling everynow and then.. I asked my midwife and she said it was normal and bubs was facing my back. Now i tend to get jolts into my back which im presuming is him kicking my back xx

karla1 · Feb 2nd, 2012, 09:11 AM

well i decided not to go (didnt want to sound like a neurotic first time mum) and my LO has been wriggling loads, still no hard kicks but lots of squirming around and there has definitely been at least 10 movements in a hour (in the active hours) so i am just going to keep a check on his movements over the next few days and take it from there

thank you all for the advice it did help put me at ease a bit x

Mari30me · Feb 2nd, 2012, 09:15 AM

It is never a waste of time if you feel something is not right. Around 27-28 weeks, I started to notice less kicks and punches, but more shifts and turns. Now I am 31+4 and only feel him turn or shift around. My OB said this is normal as they getting bigger and running our ot space. But if you think you need to get checked, definitely go to put your mind a ease. GL

Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:15 AM	#1
karla1 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: rochdale, england Posts: 1,890	would you call at the midwifes drop in center to just check or am i being silly? hello ladies i am in 2 minds over what i should do my midwifes have a drop in hour at 1-2pm on thursdays and i am wondering if i should go or if i am just worrying over nothing here my problem i read all the time that after 28 week ANY change in fetal movement (anything that isnt the norm whether increase or decrease in movement) you should get checked out. well for the past 3 days (4th day if it carries on today) i have felt my little man moving but not kicking/punching. he used to kick all the time and you could really see my tummy jump but lately its more like he he is wiggling around and not kicking his legs/arms. at first i thought maybe he has turned so he is facing my back and that why i am not feeling "kicks" but i have weighed myself this morning and i have lost 2 lbs this week (am already over a stone below my prepregnancy weight) what do you ladies think should i go or will i be wasting their time?

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:18 AM	#2
Button# Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,347	I don't think it's ever a waste of time if it stops you worrying, but my little boy started becoming more of a wriggler than a kicker as he got bigger. I think he just ran out of room to take a good swing. I'm sure everything is fine.

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:28 AM	#4
MrsM17 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 185	This happened to me approx this time. I never get kicks now its all just rolls limbs poking out etc... baby runs out of room to kick. Go and get checked though as there is nothing worse than sitting at home worrying. It will become more apparant as the weeks go on that baby is bigger and you kick count movements as 1, I had to ask this as I paniced xx

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:29 AM	#5
Button# Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,347	Aw bless, sounds like you need to take a breather and try and relax. Your baby is fine and probably snuggled up in there plotting his next how to worry mummy move!

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:31 AM	#6
MaybBaby Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: B'ham UK Posts: 1,727	they do struggle to kick in this tri i think,but if your gut instinct says 'somethings up' act on it,even if it isn't, they would probably just tell you to go hospital if anything,so maybe phone them see if they will,if not they'll refer you to call the antenatal ward so you can be put on a doppler/machine and get some monitoring. Anytime you feel baby isn't moving in his/her 'normal' way and it worries you go in chick im sure LO is fine but better safe than sorry, i went in when i thought my LO had stopped gl doll xxxx

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:32 AM	#7
happygal Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: scunthorpe north lincolnshire Posts: 7,742	Don't ever think you are wasting their time hun. If you are ever worried it s always best to get checked. Chances are it will usually turn out to be fine but you don't want the one time you don't go to be the one time you really should of x

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 05:41 AM	#8
ERConnell Other BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK Posts: 3,572	At 29/30 weeks i started to notice he wasnt kicking much at all anymore he was just wriggling everynow and then.. I asked my midwife and she said it was normal and bubs was facing my back. Now i tend to get jolts into my back which im presuming is him kicking my back xx

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 09:11 AM	#9
karla1 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: rochdale, england Posts: 1,890	well i decided not to go (didnt want to sound like a neurotic first time mum) and my LO has been wriggling loads, still no hard kicks but lots of squirming around and there has definitely been at least 10 movements in a hour (in the active hours) so i am just going to keep a check on his movements over the next few days and take it from there thank you all for the advice it did help put me at ease a bit x

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Feb 2nd, 2012, 09:15 AM	#10
Mari30me Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,805	It is never a waste of time if you feel something is not right. Around 27-28 weeks, I started to notice less kicks and punches, but more shifts and turns. Now I am 31+4 and only feel him turn or shift around. My OB said this is normal as they getting bigger and running our ot space. But if you think you need to get checked, definitely go to put your mind a ease. GL

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