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Reduced movements. Been for scan no feral movements felt or seen

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MissMoodyMoo · 08/02/2019 15:16

Hi I'm 36w1 been out or hospital since Sunday after having sepsis! Reduced movements started on Tuesday but been in for monitoring and heart rate etc fine. Been for scan again could see heart beating but no movement seen or felt by sonographer. Babies heart beat keeps spiking and midwife saying that's her moving but I'm not feeling the movements. I feel like they are just fobbing me off. I feel like there is something wrong and no one is listening to me

Advice would be great please 😌

Reduced movements. Been for scan no feral movements felt or seen

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Smurf123 · 09/02/2019 20:48

Hope you are OK op and being seen too.. Like others I would also say kick up a huge fuss and definitely bring your mum!
I was in and out for reduced movements from 35 weeks.. Baby was moving but it didn't feel right.. Whereas my husband had been able to see my bump move with kicks he couldn't feel them anymore.. Everything was ok on the monitor.. They talked about giving me steroids and inducing me at 35 weeks when the monitor didn't give the OK but sent me for a walk before checking again and it said it was fine so they didn't and despite me being in and out still did nothing until at 37 weeks my consultant thought that she would induce due to my anxiety about it.. My son was born at 37 + 2.. He ended up being in an incubator in nicu for a week.. He needed some resuscitation They thought he had an infection, he had a pneumothorax and needed a blood transfusion on day 3.. They don't really know what caused any of it.. Thankfully he is now a happy healthy 11 month old and looking at him you would never know he had spent his first week in intensive care..
I really don't know if I would have had the happy outcome we did eventually have if my son had stayed in any longer..

Quartz2208 · 09/02/2019 20:58

Hope you have managed to be taken seriously

happylittletree · 09/02/2019 21:01

hope all is well op

tablelegs · 09/02/2019 22:38

Hope everything's ok op

EmmaGrundyForPM · 09/02/2019 22:43

OP please insist on more tests. I hope everything is ok.

ClearlyItsMe · 09/02/2019 22:51

Op just adding to the chorus of you're doing the right thing by going back. You know babies movement best and you know it has changed.
Good luck I hope everything is okay

Mscandylamb · 09/02/2019 23:01

Dont always listen to doctors after all they are human as well. Instead go with gut instinct!! One doctor once told my mum to abort my older brother because he not only would be born premature but also disabled... And guess what mum told doctor no way! And now he is a very active normal 30 year old with no serious health problems. So please darling, trust your gut. You know your body better than any medically trained doctor who relies on being book smart.

whereisthepostman · 09/02/2019 23:01

I hope the silence from OP is because she has finally been taken seriously and is in hospital for monitoring/delivery!

ReaganSomerset · 10/02/2019 10:38

@whereisthepostman

I really, really hope so!

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MissMoodyMoo · 10/02/2019 11:13

She's still not moving as much 😭 haven't felt her all morning got an appointment at 2 today. No ones listening to me they just keep saying I have anxiety

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snoopy18 · 10/02/2019 11:22

Can’t you be seen at triage? I don’t understand why it’s not being taken more seriously at your hospital :-/

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MissMoodyMoo · 10/02/2019 11:25

I'm a nurse and they keep telling me I have "health anxiety" which I don't!! I'm concerned for my baby! Last year alone 4 people from my small village had stillborn because the incompetence of the maternity unit

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CuppaTeaAndAJammieDodger · 10/02/2019 11:28

Shit OP - 4 stillbirths due to incompetence? That is tragic and unforgivable. Is there ANY way you can get to another hospital?

notapizzaeater · 10/02/2019 11:34

Omg, I'd be going to the next hospital tbh

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MissMoodyMoo · 10/02/2019 11:40

Ayrshire maternity unit!

I'm not stupid and the only thing causing me anxiety is not being listened to! I'm a first time mum but I know my baby, i know her movements and i know for the past 5 days she hasn't been herself! I've grew her for 9 months! She is apart of me! I've sat and cried to midwives and consultants and all they have said it look a formal on the screen?? But to contact them and how important a movement pattern is but no one is listening! I'm terrified this is going to end up in a disaster because people won't listen 5 days my baby hasn't had normal movements! 5 days I have been ignored and made feel daft or have mental health issues! I've cried every night and tried everything advised but im so scared I'm going to end up another statistic! If I didn't have mental health issues before I certainly do now!!! It's a cry for help yet no one seems to be helping!! I've never seen a patient treated like this in all my years of working for the health board!!!

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CaseofEllen · 10/02/2019 11:41

OP it may not help you right now but I think it's worth giving PALS (patient advice liaison service) a ring. They can give you advice and also deal with any complaints you have about your treatment or experience at your hospital.

Is there any way you can go to another hospital to be monitored? As it really isn't good. They should be monitoring you until YOU feel happy with movements.

Please don't be afraid to kick up a massive, massive fuss.

Smurf123 · 10/02/2019 12:02

Could you go to another maternity unit? Could you refuse to leave due to movements not feeling right? I am sorry this is happening to you.. I really hope everything works out well for you and your baby although I would be presenting myself at the hospital every single day for reduced movements and monitoring .. Maybe that will force them to take you seriously..

Babyno2mamabear · 10/02/2019 13:08

I'd go to another hospital lovely. Just turn up, say you're visiting friends or family or something and go. It's better you're cared for in a hospital than treated like crap just because it's close to home. I live between counties and hospitals and my midwife always tells me to go to whichever hospital I need, I can go to any in the UK. Have your appt at 2 and demand that you're given a c-section or that they keep you in for monitoring and daily scans. If they refuse then go the next hospital. Like you said, you know your baby and at the moment your priority is finding someone who will listen to you xx

Mrscog · 10/02/2019 13:12

I think considering you had sepsis only a few days ago they are treating you appallingly. And even if you do have health anxiety it's normal after sepsis. My Dad had it a few weeks ago and isn't quite right yet!

user1498572889 · 10/02/2019 13:15

Go back to hospital. Don’t let them send you away.

WellBHouse · 10/02/2019 13:20

See what they say today and then consider going elsewhere. No movement is serious.
You had sepsis, you are allowed to be anxious and have health anxiety, but that should not stop them taking no movement post infection very seriously.

Lillygolightly · 10/02/2019 13:35

OP I really hope you are listened to and taken seriously. I agree with others and would ask to referred or self refer to another hospital. In your position I would be demanding to have a CS or induction at the very least.

I have had 3 births and on my last one I was induced at 38w because they thought I may have gestational diabetes, they weren’t even sure I did have it but the odd high reading here and there was enough to get them to take action to be on the safe side.

Given the fact you’ve had sepsis and your family history I’m am genuinely shocked they are not taking this more seriously. You have every right to kick up and almighty fuss and demand what you need.

RandomMess · 10/02/2019 13:47

I can't believe how sh*t they are being

TheMammothHunters · 10/02/2019 14:00

Hi OP,
I know you’re being seen today at 2. I think you need to refuse to leave. If they want to keep baby inside you, they need to keep you inside hospital imo.
Be pleasant but very very firm, this reads almost as though you are fighting for your baby’s life.
They can admit you, ctgs multiple times per day, give the steroids and then do a CS at exactly 37w.
FWIW DS was born at 36+3, he was 6lb15 and went home after 2 days. He was a bit sleepy and lost weight but he’s here thankfully.
Please let us know how you get on- and be firm. No answers from anyone less than a consultant please.

Vika1985 · 10/02/2019 14:28

OP, go to the Southern or Paisley or wherever. Tell them you are not leaving.

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