Pity party. On my 22nd admission this pregnancy..

[Ebrill]

Just burst into tears on the labour ward with the shame of walking in there for the 22nd time this pregnancy with reduced movements. Some days I have a little acrobat inside me, then I'll feel nothing for a week, and the pattern continues. I can't keep coming in this much, there's still 6 weeks left of this shit. Anterior placentas are the WORST.

Its no shame, you are following all the advice and doing the best thing for you and the baby. Have a good cry and if you can do something nice for yourself - ice cream, bath, cheesy movie, whatever will help lift your spirits.

Oh Ebrill that doesn’t sound fun, but you are doing the right thing and following advice.
Sending best wishes x

I imagine there's a chance that they might decide to deliver once you get to 38 weeks so you might not have so long to wait.

This was me too - in the end they had me come in for regular (three times a week) CTGs and I still had to go in at some other times too. There were some other concerns (he was measuring small for a while in the pregnancy, but was born at a perfectly healthy weight in the end) but it was mostly due to the reduced movements, and I became completely unable to tell whether it was totally objective or partially due to my own anxiety.

DS is 10 months now and that all feels like a distant memory - but I'm so glad I did everything I could to keep him safe, even though it all turned out to be unnecessary. If I did overreact then who cares? It's all behind me now. If there had been a problem and I hadn't acted, though, I'd still be living with that every day now rather than having my gorgeous baby boy. The risks of not going in when you don't feel movement far outweigh any embarrassment or sense that you're being overdramatic. You're doing exactly the right thing.

One nice bonus of having a horribly anxious late pregnancy (there has to be something, right?) is that I never really related to other people who said they had really bad anxiety with a newborn. I found having a newborn a bit tough in other ways, but the relief I felt at being able to check that he was breathing just by laying a hand on him was palpable, and lasted a long time.

Honestly I have an anterior placenta too and at times have quiet days, which I always get checked out. It's always a worry. I've got just under 5 weeks to go and cannot wait for her to be here as I'm such a worrier. It's always best to get checked and the midwives would rather you go in all the time then be worried. They are there to help. Hope you are well x

I was induced early with reduced movements. The doctor explained to me that's what they do after 38 weeks.

Thank you all! Had my 23rd admission this morning too Yes I'm counting down to induction date at 38 weeks.. cry. I'm so ready for this to be over!

I was going to get induced for RFM as well, felt like I was constantly in there around 30ish weeks on and also then was going for regular CTGs.

Didn't reach induction date as baby girl popped out at 34+6! And she's been out for 34+6 today 😁 I have a very healthy bonnie baby currently giving me a headache by refusing to take her lunchtime nap 😂

It's definitely best that you go in when you need. One midwife very kindly said to me we would rather you were here a hundred times and nothing was wrong than not come in xx

I had similar OP.
I kept it together most of the time-just calling up when I had reduced movements and not letting myself outwardly panic until the monitor was on.
However, after weeks and weeks, I burst out crying on the midwife and asked "when do I panic? This can't be normal". I ended up just having appointments made to go up twice a week (and still often went up between those appointments).

You're doing the right thing being seen ❤️