I am not quite as mad and paranoid as I sound btw!!
DH is profoundly deaf and though we are of course geared up for the fact that our LO may inherit this, we of course would very much like to have a hearing baby. (I hope that doesn't offend anyone btw!!! I know this can get v political; in actual fact the worry is far more my husband's than mine as he knows how hard it is living with the disability and would much rather our child didn't have to do the same thing).
Anyway I am constantly hearing stories from people about how their baby went bananas inside when there was a loud noise, loud music, at a concert etc... and just getting a little worried because I have noticed no such correlation. The baby is pretty active in general but absolutely NO correlation whatsoever to any kind of loud noise.
Is it a hard and fast rule that they would definitely react to a loud noise if they could hear it? By wriggling, kicking etc? Or has anyone had a baby that didn't seem to react to noise and then could hear just fine when they were born?
I'm just looking for reassurance, I suppose - this does play on my mind quite a lot at the moment.