No fetal movement in a day and a half

[Ella31]

29 weeks with twins. Had scan last Wednesday. Went perfect. Heartbeat great, size great ect. However I haven't had movement in a day and a half since yesterday. Going to ring midwife first thing tomorrow to get in for a check.

Somethings terribly wrong isn't it? This can't be normal.

Glad you went in. Hoping you get seen soon

Best of luck OP 💐

So glad you went in to hosp. I am in Ireland too and had one of my children born by Emergency C-section after ringing mat hospital reporting very reduced movement. Like you I thought they would fob me off but brought me in straight away. Turns out my fluid was low so baby had no room to move. Fingers crossed all goes well for you and your babies.

This information is not dangerous unless of course you can offer proof that it is

Im sure other MN would be interested to see that professional proof aswel.

You re comments are very rude and upsetting.
If you read my first post I did say get checked out aswel,

You know Its not hard to be kind, supportive and helpful.

Meanwhile there are MNs on here that will look forward to your professional proof that any of the hints offered by myself or others on here are dangerous.

Hope everything is OK @Ella31

I'm delighted you went in. Hopefully now you you will on the trace monitor thing and all will be well.

Hope all is well op! Glad you went in!

Thank you for going OP

@Ella31 Do you have someone with you or can you call someone to be with you ? Maybe a family member or a good friend. Even a neighbour? Go tonight The widowed won’t mind I promise x 💜

Well done OP. It’s not unusual to think you don’t want to cause a fuss, but midwives always say they would rather see 10 patients who are fine than miss the one one who should have gone in, so they are always happy to check you and the babies over.

I had just seen it repeated a number of times and it could be interpreted by some that having a sugary drink, then feeling movement means everything is ok and no need to go in - that’s no longer recommended. It might provide a bit of reassurance as you say.

Hope everything is ok x

Depending on the position of the placenta it can be that the baby/babies have just moved into a position where you can't feel the movements. I hope this is the case for you and all is well. Definitely the right thing to do to get checked out. Don't let them send you away without at least doing a doppler for the heartbeats.

Hi op pleased you are at the hospital. Really hope all is well and it’s a false alarm.

I don’t know what it’s like in Ireland but in the UK it’s quite normal to ask to be seen in these circumstances. Expected, in fact

I hope it all goes well x

Thinking of you, that worry is the worst x

Absolutely everything crossed babies are OK. Good luck.

Hope you get good news tonight x

Unfortunately the only way to know is go into hospital

She’s already there

Wishing you the best OP. x

@Thekirit I’m a midwife. With no movement felt for a prolonged period in a multiple pregnancy, the advice will always be to come in as even if movement does restart from a cold drink or change in position, we’d still want to check via CTG to make sure movements had resumed for both babies.

it's not ideal to have a full stomach, but in the context of a category 1 section of course we'd do a GA if it was needed. It's all about the balance of risk and benefit and if there is an immediate risk to a mother/baby's life then doing a GA despite a full stomach is usually appropriate (it is a higher risk anaesthetic, but not so high risk to mother/baby as waiting for hours to be fasted might be). HTH

Glad your getting taken care of, Hope everything is ok x x x

Agreed which is why myself and other MNs also said go and get checked out.
Our advice wasn’t instead of.

Still waiting to hear the dangers of cold drinks, sex and yoga during pregnancy

Thank you very much for your response !