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Worried, baby stopped kicking.

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01952louise · 16/10/2014 06:26

Hi all,

So I have been having strong kicks even where they are visible from looking at my stomach from the outside.

Since mid last week the movements have stopped, I think I have felt the odd kick but I can't be 100%, I went to hospital last Friday to hear the heartbeat due to worrying which we heard. I am still really worried as nothing has changed, I still don't feel her anymore even when I eat, drink and lay day. I have had 2 previous miscarriages 1 mmc.

I am 22 weeks 3 days.

I can't stop worrying.

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01952louise · 16/10/2014 12:08

I know what you are saying regarding kicks but I have felt and seen my babies kicks which we're all the time in a routine now it's nothing. Going from it being so certain to nothing is hard to experience.

They always have made me feel like I'm over reacting, I bled 3 times at the start of this pregnancy and they wasn't very helpful. Don't get me wrong I had scans but when I asked for scans after they told me no, so I paid for private scans.

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CinnabarRed · 16/10/2014 12:12

Absolutely do insist on being monitored.

And a word of comfort - did you know that placentas move over the course of a pregnancy? It's possible that yours has moved just enough to change your baby's position and/or mask his/her kicks - exactly that happened to a friend.

MindReader · 16/10/2014 22:38

Just to say -

hope you got seen and hope you got reassurance .x

MildDrPepperAddiction · 16/10/2014 22:42

Your hospital seem to be offering you really poor care. I had reduced movement with dd2 and was checked out, monitored, scanned etc. to be sure she was ok.

I hope you have been properly looked after.

Doodledot · 16/10/2014 22:51

Have you been given tips to wake baby up - drink ice cold water , put ice on bump etc ?

lupo5 · 17/10/2014 05:58

Hi OP.
How are you today? I hope that everything went well yesterday. Let us know ....

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01952louise · 17/10/2014 06:20

Hi all,

I went yesterday, all she done was use the doppler for about 1 minute to listen for heartbeat which she found but shes really low down which is why I am struggling to feel her.

Then I went home.

I have ordered a doppler for home, does anyone know how often you can use them as I don't want to over do it. Not that I will use it every day only when I need reassurance.

Thank you all for your caring comments.

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LaPetiteCoccinelle · 17/10/2014 06:37

Id rather be thought of as a worrier than be the woman everyone feels sorry for (for not getting checked when baby stops moving and losing baby).

I also got checked around 22 weeks with DS1 as he'd been moving loads then stopped. Dr treated me like an idiot for worrying (baby was fine - he'd just moved so I couldnt feel him but could see movement on the scan screen) and a) didnt believe Id been able to feel the baby move and b) said I shouldnt monitor movement until 27 weeks. Easy for him to say!

MummyCoolski · 17/10/2014 09:29

My leaflet on this (which I read this week (24 weeks) as the midwife gave it to me saying "advice on this has changed since your previous pregnancy, so I recommend you read this all of the way through") says that up to 28 weeks any movement issues will be checked with a doppler by the midwife at the antenatal assessment unit, and after 28 weeks they should monitor for at least 20 minutes to check the trace is okay.

I wouldn't bother with a home doppler. They are very easy to misuse and you can get your own heartbeat by accident or not find one at all and panic.

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01952louise · 17/10/2014 09:43

I have it coming already, I know that there's a chance of finding your own heartbeat but your heartbeat should be between 60-100 BPM and your babies will be 120-180 BPM and it shows what the rate is of the heartbeat you are listening too.

I just don't know how often you can use them.

Thanks for your advice .

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WhyOWhyWouldYou · 17/10/2014 10:53

The other reason not to use home Doppler's is false reassurance through picking up placenta blood flow and not babies heartbeat. Plus slight irregularities are unlikely to be picked up by yourself.

Count the kicks advise against the use of home Doppler's.

tiggy2610 · 17/10/2014 11:06

I know dopplers are the anti-christ but we have one at home. Baby is usually quite active but had a very quiet weekend this weekend, I used the doppler after the first quiet day and found his HB straight away (his 150BPM thumper stands out quite a bit from my 68 BPM beat and the placenta) but can also hear him moving around. I spoke to my Obstetric consultant friend he said at 23 weeks thats all they would do at the clinic and not to panic too much as he was probably facing my back but keep and eye on it and let him know if he remained quiet.

I'm not saying it was the right thing to do and we certainly don't use it as a diagnostic tool, but it did ease my mind enough to get some sleep before being woken up with a very large kick at 6am the next morning

We don't use it so much now as he's so active but there are very mixed feelings on the actual guidance for using them from people who have been advised they can use them as much as they want to people who only use them 1-2 times a week

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