Feeling sad

[AlviesMam]

30 weeks and currently in hospital getting monitored due to reduced movements.
Baby's heart rate is healthy and she's moving on the monitor but I can't feel a thing. I have an anterior placenta.
They are happy but won't let me home until I've felt her kick.
I have a feeling I won't and I just want to go home so frustrated and upset that my whole days are constantly worrying and obsessing over her movement , I want to enjoy my journey but it's not looking that way.
Just needed to vent and if anyone's been in same position where it's taken a while to feel Baby kick when monitored?

I had this three times with my first and got monitored all three times. Everything was fine, and my daughter is now a healthy happy 13 month old :)
It's a really good sign that the heart rate is looking healthy. And even at 30 weeks my daughters movements were all over the place.
Pregnancy is a really worrying time for every woman, but try to enjoy it as you only have a few more months left.

@Natalie654321
Thank you- I just feel like I was in a pattern and now her kicks seem to be low down and not as often today. She's started to give me a few kicks just now but it's ironic that they have taken me off the monitor!!

Hi! I had anterior placenta and was monitored for reduced movements 8-9 times. I was induced in the end because it happened twice right before my due date. Best to be safe! I'm sure all will be fine X

Yup. Anterior placenta I spend the last bit of my pregnancy in and out of hospital.

Ended in being induced early. Anterior placentas are mofos

@India999 thank you, I thought by now I wouldn't get days like this , it's so worrying 😔 can the anterior placenta still block movement at this stage ?

@BabyG123 yes they are! The stress they cause is terrible!! X

Spent a couple of hours hooked up to the CTG monitor today for reduced movement - had barely felt a thing all day! Another anterior placenta here and caused me endless worry and frustration. Even now at 38 weeks it masks the movement! All was fine on the monitor and have felt the odd movement since, but even at this late stage I really have to lie down and focus in order to feel significant movements from baby. I really thought that this late on there would be no mistaking the movements but nope, still worrying! Honestly these anterior placentas are the bane of our lives. But you're not alone!

@moonriver32 oh god I honestly thought the bigger I get I'd not get as much reduced movement! Yes anterior placentas cause nothing but stress!!! xx

I'm only 18+5 but already finding having an anterior placenta stressful!
I felt DC1 move at 18 weeks, DC2 at 16 weeks and DC3 at 14 weeks.
To still not feel this one is really making me anxious!
Hope you are feeling better this morning OP.

And I have one again this time 😳

It's just pants @BabyG123!

I'm nearly 34 weeks and I have an anterior placenta. I have been in 4 times already for reduced movements as I just feel like he never has a pattern, so on his quieter days I go in, as I can't bare the thought of if I didn't. It drives me nutty some days worrying. I know completely how you feel where it stops you from enjoying your pregnancy as it is a constant worry. Sorry that isn't much help but I just wanted to say I know exactly how you feel and they'll be with us soon 😊

@LTurton thank you it makes me feel better knowing that other ladies at 30+ weeks are in the same boat as me. It's so annoying and stressful. It takes ages on the monitor to feel her too so I'm always there ages
Can't wait until she's here! xxxx

@Grumpy19 I felt bubbles every so often at 18 weeks! You honestly will start to feel movement soon! I didn't feel proper kicks until 24 weeks. I'm still in no pattern at all at 30 weeks though