Hard bump, low fluid?

[youlemming]

Hi I'm just about to turn 32 wks and have had quite a hard, tight, solid bump for a couple of weeks. I mentioned it when chatting to someone at work and she said she had similar with her first and it turned out she had hardly any fluid.
I do feel a lot more movement with this baby then with DD1 and my stomach moves about a lot when she does which makes me wonder if there isn't much padding in there.
I have a doctors appointment next Thurs but should I get it checked before then would it do any harm to wait?

[weelamb123]

Hi, my bump I really hard too but midwife hasn't raised any concerns. Are u slim everywhere else? It might be that all ur weight is in ur tummy. Ive not put weight on anywhere else and I think my bump is hard because I've no weight anywhere else xx

[Buttwing]

It could also be the babies back? Sometimes they are curved round with their back sticking out. I would mention it to your midwife but try not to worry. People are a bit thoughtless sometimes with their comments.

[WhenMarnieWasThere]

The fact that I had extremely low fluid was picked up by my midwife when I measured small for dates.

It meant a few extra scans and a few trips to the hospital for monitoring.

DD1 came early, at nearly 37 weeks and I put that down to the low fluid, but I had normal fluid levels with DD2 and she came early too.

[youlemming]

Thanks will see what doctor says when I go next week week, was measured at 28 wks and was on the 90th percentile line and I'm sure I've got bigger since then so I don't think I will measure small. Just feel very tight all over which is quite uncomfortable.
I'm a size 16/18 so don't fall into that slim category where it's just all baby out front, I have a bit of a flabby bit right at the bottom of the bump which was my before pregnancy excess then from belly button up its just solid!
Hopefully just were baby is positioned.

[ScorpioMermaid]

Where is your placenta positioned? Only asking as with my previous pregnancys I had anterior placentas and it provided more cushioning and the bumps felts softer. This time it's a posterior placenta and feels rock hard. I can literally feel the baby by rubbing my hand over my bump. I had a growth scan yesterday and my fluid levels are normal.

[ScorpioMermaid]

Just read your last post about your size and bump, I'm a bit bigger aswell and have the wobble at the bottom.. In fact it just sounds like yours!

[MissTwister]

Isn't solid normal? Mine is anyway and my amniotic fluid is on 75th percentile so I wouldn't worry

[youlemming]

It was posterior with my first, this time it's right at the top so I'm not feeling much up into the rib area which is a bonus