As the title suggests I'm having anxiety over my baby's movements. I'm 32 weeks and I've already had 4 episodes of reduced movements, the last three of which resulted in urgent growth scans. The last occurrence was last Wed and the scan was first thing Thurs. That was pretty hyped up over what I felt was nothing to get too concerned about as I'd had my routine 31 week midwife appointment that morning and she asked me about movements. I told her that baby had had a couple of wild weeks but the last day had calmed back down and I was feeling her, just not much. She did the heartbeat listen and all good but the next thing she's sent me to the hospital 'just to make sure' and I'm hooked up to the trace again and being told they're bringing the doc and the scan machine bedside to look things over as it had been my 4th time there. After a right performance (the midwife got rushed away to a&e herself for eye swelling 😕 and I was left lying on bed for hours with no other midwife checking what I was doing there..) i was eventually seen by the doc and scanned and told all brill but still to have my growth scan the next morning. Had that and all brill too although the sonographer made me feel like the midwives were being ott :-/ and then I just felt stupid myself. Everything had built and built up over than 24 hours and made me panic when really, everything was absolutely great with the baby. The stress of it all is starting to drain me a little though.
I just feel like my baby has no pattern to start with but after so much worrying I'm now feeling anxious every time she has a quiet spell. She's been very quite this morning and I felt the panic starting but now she's going barmy. Even so, it's hard to shake off that feeling. I need someone to tell me I'm not alone as I feel like I'm losing the plot! Either that or someone give me a good slap and tell me to get a grip! Sorry for long post...helps to just write it down sometimes..