Sleeping at 12wk scan

[bubbles8987]

Hi ladies,
I went for a scan at 11wks 4days and baby was bouncing all over the place - it was fab!! Then went for scan at 12wks 4days and baby was totally still. Doctor wasnt very nice and abruptly pointed out heartbeat and rubbed my tummy a bit then said "oh well, its not going to move, must be sleeping".
However, this was 2 weeks ago and ive been worried sick ever since, is this a sign that something is wrong? please help.

[sachertorte]

No! This is nothing to worry about! The baby was just asleep! Next time, ask the doctor, miserable little git or not, if everything is normal; don´t let yourself worry over nothing at all! Please! Try and enjoy your pregnancy..

[whomovedmychocolate]

As long as the baby is sleeping in a decent position for the scan the docs don't give a stuff! If the baby is sleeping curled in a ball they often ask you to go eat some chocolate and rescan. But no, it doesn't mean anything other than the doctor had a crap bedside manner.

Stop worrying. You are fine and the baby is fine. The fact that he's sleeping is marvellous, bodes well believe me. DD never seemed to sleep in the womb or out of it!

[bubbles8987]

Thanks ladies, OH keeps telling me to relax, im now 14 weeks and havent told anyone yet coz im so afraid of things going wrong! I know i need to chill out and enjoy being pregnant - its just so worrying!!!!
Thanks again for your reassurance!

[whomovedmychocolate]

First baby by chance?

You won't stop worrying but maybe this might help you be a bit more focused on what you worry about:

Once the baby has a heartbeat the risk of miscarriage plummets. It's hard to put a figure on it because obviously we don't know how many miscarriages happen before women realise they are pregnant but it's likely to be less than 10% of pregnancies past the point of a heartbeat being seen/heard.

By 14 weeks the placenta has developed and so that's two very big barriers crossed.

Yes you have the anomaly scan, you have the 16 week blood tests, all of that to obsess over. Plus you have the worry of third trimester problems, early labour, pre-eclampsia etc. But actually there's bugger all you can do about a lot of those (skydiving notwithstanding).

But, like every mum here you can worry as much or as little as you like and it makes no darn difference to the outcome. You are on your way to being a mum and holding your healthy baby in your arms.

I found registering on pregnancyweekly.com and seeing the percentage through my pregnancy I was helped me and also seeing the days tick off.

But you'll get there.