No movement at 22+3 weeks?

[BlueIsYou]

Hi all,

I went into hospital at about 19 weeks because of premature labour contractions. It was a very severe UTI in the end, and if I hadn't of got treatment, I'd have lost DS.

I'm now 22+3 and I haven't felt any movement since yesterday morning.

DH thinks it's fine and that I should get it checked if I need to but not to worry.

He said it's happened before and he was okay, which it had, but I went into hospital in a panic at 20 weeks due to not feeling him move for a few hours. This has been a day now.

I'm not being over dramatic, am I?

I know their movements change a lot etc etc but he is usually always a very active baby and moves a lot after food/whilst I'm in a nice bath.

I can't even get him to move by having a cold, sugary drink.

Should I call midwife or go straight in?

Thank you

Go straight in. Now.
Always go in they don't mind.
Even if you were checked the day before and then don't feel movement your supposed to go in.
I hope everything is ok

Just to add. I'm sure it is all fine.
I don't think I was feeling much regular movement at 22 weeks but you should go in if it's any change to what you are used to.
Or if you are worried.

I felt less movement and had a midwife appointment the next day so thought I'll wait and get her to check and she told me off for not going to the hospital straight away!

Go in! It is definitely better to be over cautious and the midwives will definitely not mind. Hope all is well.

Ring your midwife and see what they say, given your history they will probably want you checked.

Our materiality triage doesn't normally do monitoring until over 24 weeks I think so your midwife will probably come to you and check using a Doppler.

I hope everything is ok - he's probably just wriggled into a funny position and is kicking into your back or something, they are still so tiny at that stage a lot of women haven't even felt a proper kick yet

Do you have a number to phone at the hospital if you have reduced movements? That's what I did and then they told me to come in. Everything was fine but it was good to be checked and they said it was the right thing to do. Hope you can get checked out soon. X

I don't think I was feeling regular movements at 22 weeks. I would think the baby has wedged itself into a good spot where you can't feel then.

With your history I would definitely phone and then go in. I went in at 21 weeks due to no movement and they discovered an issue which meant I stayed in hospital and DS came at 27 weeks. I'm sure your baby has just changed position, but if I hadn't checked DS could have come a lot earlier and probably wouldn't be here today.

I don't think I was feeling much regular movement at 22 weeks but you should go in if it's any change to what you are used to

Thing is, I've been feeling strong movements from about 18 weeks so it shouldn't all of a sudden stop

Thanks ladies, can't get hold of midwifery team at local hospital. No answer. Do I go to A&E or straight to maternity unit etc?

I've recently changed areas and midwife in new area isn't registered so it wouldn't be my usual midwife

Phone the maternity unit. Community midwives are unlikely to answer as probably not even there yet, and would probably advise you to ring the unit anyway.

Have rang maternity unit also and no answer

Ring labour ward or triage, they should always answer.

Have you led on your left side for an hour to see if you feel anything?

Lj I've tried lying down, eating, drinking something cold.

All to no avail.

It probably is that baby has got into a funny position meaning movements are being hidden but yes definitely need to be checked out. Labour ward/triage is the best place to call.

Argh, so frustrating.

I called the labour unit who I explained the situation to. She said "Right, well call Maternity unit? "

I said I had and no answer. She said she'd transfer me through. Again, no answer and after so many rings tells you to leave a message!

Hmm that doesn't sound right to me at all! If somebody had reduced movements in my unit, they would call labour ward and we would have them in straight away!

Lj The Royal London hospital have been pants for other family members too

They sound pretty dire i would ring labour ward back and explain you can't get an answer on maternity and you really would like to be see as you are very aware of the importance of babies movement and have been told that reduced or no movements can indicate poor wellbeing of your baby.

Always get checked if something feels different to the point it worries you.

Just to reassure you though, when I was 25 weeks I was feeling much less movement than I had become used to (from feeling movement quite early from 16 weeks and getting stronger as time went on).

I was asked to pop into the maternity assessment unit at hospital but they didn't put me on a monitor because it was considered too early to rely on movements. They said the baby may not have established a regular pattern yet and also still has plenty of room to hide away.

They used a Doppler to check the heartbeat, all fine, usual checkup for me (BP and urine) then I went home.

Do get checked anyway, it's never worth the risk, but the chances are everything is fine

You are doing the right thing getting checked.

At 22 weeks, they are definitely still small enough to work themselves into a totally new spot where they are harder to feel. I went in at almost exactly the same time for the same reasons. Totally regular predicatable movement (before bed, after food) then nothing. They listened to baby with a Doppler and said it was fine but sounded muffled. Midwife thought he's managed to wedge himself behind the placenta! I ended up back there again at around 25-26 weeks, and even then, midwife said baby was still small enough to be able to hide.

So do go and get checked for sure, but try to keep calm by thinking that there's a good chance baby is just hiding in a cozy corner! It is scary though

Hope you are ok OP and have managed to get in contact with someone.

I hope you've managed to speak to someone op and that they have arranged for you to be seen

I hope youve managed to get somewhere.

FWIW, being a bit "backed up" can make me worry that movements are reducing.

To be gross for a moment after I have a poo my baby will often wake up in there, like he's got more room to move or something.

I'm 26weeks and my consultant regularly harps on about me eating lots of fibre and drinking lots of water as I'm on iron tablets which are known for being constipators.

Hi ladies (I'm assuming?), update for you all

Baby's heart is beating but is quite jittery so having to be monitored for a while. Hopefully it stabilises very soon.

He isn't moving much via scan or physical examination, Dr insists this is because I'm not resting enough

I have ketones in my urine and low sugar levels. Dr thinks my physics health is starting to impact baby.

I'm quite poorly with HG and Lupus, he thinks these things may need to be monitored more closely to make sure baby is okay through it all.

It's rare for them to take big impact from glitches like that though. So all should be okay.

Baby made a fist at me on the scan Probably quite angst that I'm not sleeping enough/resting