I live with my friend 'Amber' and her 2 year old daughter 'Olivia'. At the moment, I am 27 weeks pregnant with my first child.
I do want to say that usually I do help Amber with Olivia quite a lot on a daily basis. Amber struggles with Olivia as she cannot handle her tantrums and I have had to calm both of them.
I have been feeling movements for a little while, but this morning when I first woke up and was moving around in bed, I didn't feel anything, which was unusual as I do feel something when I first wake up in the morning. I tried not thinking too much about it because I thought maybe the baby was still tired and started my day.
However, as time went by, I still didn't feel anything, so I tried having a sugary drink and certain foods, which usually gets a reaction and I still didn't feel anything. I have been moving around quite a bit, so I thought that might get some some sort of movement, but it didn't work. Sometimes when I tap on my body, I can feel the baby slightly, which didn't get a reaction.
I have had problems with bleeding, pain and infections from early on into this pregnancy to now, which Amber is aware of.
I started getting worried, so I contacted the number for maternity and explained the situation to the woman who said it would be best to come in and they can check the baby's heartbeat.
Amber and Olivia were not in since this morning and were still out when I left the house.
I drove down there and tried not thinking the worse. After I checked in and provided a urine sample, I saw the midwife and explained why I was there. She checked my urine, blood pressure and temperature and they were OK. She checked the baby's heartbeat and after a moment, she could hear the heartbeat and that it was strong. The midwife said that sometimes the positions of the placenta and the baby can cause a feeling of decreased movement and that I should feel more movement a bit later on into my pregnancy.
I thanked her and apologized as I felt I had wasted her time and she quickly said that I did the right feel as it is important to check if there is a decrease of movement and that's why they (the midwifes) are there.
I arrived home and immediately, Amber was asking where I was as she needed help because Olivia was throwing tantrum after tantrum and she couldn't get anything done. Olivia was having a nap at this point. I didn't realize she had messaged me as I had my phone on silent when I entered the hospital.
I explained about what happened and Amber ranted about how I shouldn't have bothered going to the hospital as I wasted their time and how the hospital already struggles because people go there for non-emergencies and that it's better to wait and see. Olivia started crying, so Amber went to see to her and I went upstairs.
She hasn't said anything to me since then.
I'm just wondering if I did the wrong thing about going to hospital. I feel like I did the right thing, but now I'm not too sure.