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No movements....

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HitTheRoadJack · 29/10/2011 21:06

Evening all,
I'm 36 weeks with dc2. This one has been a little wriggler, 2 nights ago the baby moved (a big move felt like a flip over) and was wriggling all yesterday. I've just had supper and realised I haven't felt any movements for what I think is all day. I've been taking it easy today (feet up) as my blood pressure is always low and I get quite weak knees quite easily.

Went to the freezer for an ice lolly to see if that would help but my bloody freezer has defrosted itself (new one coming this week). Currently drinking some water but not too sure what it is I should be doing.

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pruney1977 · 30/10/2011 11:58

I'd go in for monitoring just to be on the safe side. I went in the other week as I had reduced movements and baby wasn't responding to usual stimuli so I rang up and went straight in. All was okay and although I'd felt small movements, they weren't the baby's usual range or force. The midwife was very nice and suggested some other things to try but if I was at all in doubt, to just go straight in and they'd monitor me. She said the baby was upside down when I went in (and hubby had said a couple of days before he thought the baby had moved position) and that's probably why they'd changed. I'd obviously had them change before but this seemed different to me. For me personally, I know the worry would've come had I not gone in and then decided later that I should've done but everyone is different.

latrucha · 30/10/2011 11:59

Let us know what happens. I hope all is well.

plupervert · 30/10/2011 12:16

If anyone is worried about "making a fuss", please remember that any monitoring can be set against the interventions and counselling that would ensure if anything did go wrong. Just-in-case monitoring is far less costly for the health service, mothers and babies. Any problems could reflect on the record of the hospital - so you are helping them, too.

plupervert · 30/10/2011 12:22

that would ensue

Sorry.

RandomMess · 30/10/2011 14:02

How are things? Thinking of you.

MoTeaVate · 30/10/2011 14:17

Hope you're all OK. Thinking of you.

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HitTheRoadJack · 30/10/2011 14:40

Hello- Saw the midwife. There is a heartbeat but it's rather fast. Baby's head is down.

She said to monitor my movements until about 5-6 o clock and then go in for monitoring if things don't pick up to what they were. Atm there have been some light movements (have changed my normal drinks and food to see if that stimulates anything). Will keep you posted-thanks for your kind thoughts :)

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RandomMess · 30/10/2011 14:43

please just go in for monitoring, listening to a heartbeat for a few minutes doesn't give them that much of a picture especially when they detect it's rather fast!

RandomMess · 30/10/2011 14:43

That is a completely untrained non-medic opinion btw.

Becaroooo · 30/10/2011 14:47

You need to go in.

Dont keep putting it off.

RandomMess · 30/10/2011 14:51

please please please go in

pozzled · 30/10/2011 14:57

Please go in. You are concerned about movements, and have been for over 24 hours. The mw thought the heartbeat was 'rather fast'. Go to hospital and make sure your baby is ok.

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HitTheRoadJack · 30/10/2011 15:02

Wouldn't she have said "go in now" if it were cause of alarm? I'm really not trying to delay it, just fitting behind the wheel is a nightmare and the hospital is an hour away! Just about to have some food, will deliberate with the labour ward and see if dh will put ds to bed if I leave to go and get monitored.

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pruney1977 · 30/10/2011 15:03

After I had my monitoring, my midwife made quite a point of saying that even if you've had monitoring, it only gives a snapshot of that particular point in time and to always go by the movements you have experienced yourself and if they're different, go and in to be monitored. I hope all is okay but, as another post pointed out, it's more a strain on NHS resource when things go wrong than if you go in for monitoring. Better to go in and know everything is fine than to not go in and then find out that going in could've made a difference.

RandomMess · 30/10/2011 15:09

My friend goes around hospitals education midwifes in the importance of feotal movements and monitoring. Please don't assume that any medic always knows best.

pozzled · 30/10/2011 15:10

I just think that if it were me and the mw had said the heartbeat was fast, that combined with the change in movements would really worry me. I know it's a pain when the hospital isn't that close. But if you wait until 5 and you're still not happy, and then it's another hour to the hospital- that's quite a delay in getting seen.

AmberLeaf · 30/10/2011 15:15

Please go. You are not making a fuss.

saintlyjimjams · 30/10/2011 15:20

Do go in. I did with ds1 at about the same stage. As soon as they wired me up to the monitor he started dancing. I was very but they said not to worry at all, they'd much rather that than anything else and if it happened again I shouldn't hesitate to go back. They didn't make me feel like I'd made an unnecessary fuss, they were lovely.

AKMD · 30/10/2011 15:21

Ditto everyone else, please go in.

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HitTheRoadJack · 30/10/2011 15:22

Dh just said;

"Go now, or you'll just be worrying all night".

Think I'll be on my way.

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AKMD · 30/10/2011 15:26

Good for your DH! It's so much better to have peace of mind. You won't be wasting anyone's time.

pozzled · 30/10/2011 15:26

Good to hear. I'm sure everything will be absolutely fine, and you can come back this evening and have a little moan about having to spend your sunday afternoon/evening in hospital! But at least you'll have had that reassurance.

feelingratheroverwhelmed · 30/10/2011 15:28

Another one to say just go in. I spent a lot of time in the triage and assessment unit before DS was born (2 weeks ago), and each time was alone as we also have an older DS who hubby needed to look after. it may seem like a faff, and with me each time I turned up the baby would start doing back flips! But there was no other way I could properly reassure myself that everything was ok. They really don't mind. MUCH better a false alarm than the alternative.

Also consider that you may have to wait a while when you arrive. If you add to that the hours travel time, it's a long time before you get some proper monitering done.

Please go in.

Moodykat · 30/10/2011 15:32

Definitely worth getting it checked. Hope all is ok.

pruney1977 · 30/10/2011 16:09

Glad you're going in to get checked. All is probably fine but better safe than sorry. Let us know how you get on

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