Had a bump to my belly - 17 weeks pregnant

[MissLC]

Morning everyone,
Last night I had a bit of a bump to my belly, directly at the point of my uterus typically, which was quite hard, it definitely caused some pain and I had to stand up to relieve it. It still hurts a little, though I think I've been getting round ligament pain the last few days anyway and have felt as though the uterus has been growing. I've not had any bleeding either overnight or this morning but thought I should ring the midwife as everything that I read online suggested I do that to make sure they don't want to see you.
I rang the midwives, and don't know if it was a receptionist, but she was not very reassuring at all. She said that if I start to bleed or experience more pain to go to A&E but otherwise because in her words 'it is so early on in the pregnancy' that it could go either way. She said that a few times over the call and obviously hasn't helped my anxiety! Its the first time I've contacted the midwife team outside of my appointments and made me think I'll definitely not do that again.
This is my first pregnancy and so I am probably a little more anxious than if it was a subsequent one and I also don't feel that I am still 'so early on', I'm nearly half way?
Do you think I should contact my GP or just wait it out and see what happens?
Thank you

If the pain is diminishing and there are no other symptoms personally I'd leave it at this point. Wombs are really resilient and, especially at the early stages, the baby is very well cushioned. That said, if you feel you want to call your GP then do so.

Sorry you had a bad experience with the midwife team. Do you have a community midwife you see regularly? That might be a better point of contact.

Thanks @CoalCraft, it was the community midwife team that I spoke to, maybe I should have asked for my allocated one (though to be fair I haven't even met her yet).
I think I'm just hyper vigilant as we'd been trying for so long for this baby and it was a huge, pleasant surprise when it happened that I'm very protective.
Its just nice to have some reassurance from other people sometimes

Might not be much help, but my two stone Staffordshire bull terrier jumped onto my stomach witch such force (in fear when some idiot was setting fireworks off outside our house) when I was 20 weeks. I had stomach cramps and a bruise, I went to the epu (pre covid, not sure what difference that makes) and was checked over, monitored baby's heart beat and all was fine.

Midwife said that it'd take much more force to effect baby, but still done the right thing getting checked

Do you know what Rh status your blood is? If it's negative then you need to ring the midwives back and say you've had a considerable knock to your abdomen as you'd need an anti-d injection within 72 hours.

Thanks @RedVelvetDreams - that is helpful, thank you!!

I am Rh negative @littlemissalwaystired, maybe I should call back and check that, though they didn't mention it on the phone?

If you are Rh neg have you had the fetal rh screening test? If you know your baby is rh neg also then no worries but if you either don't know or the baby is positive then you need a kleihauer blood test and an injection of anti d. I would recommend you ring again

Thanks @annonymousse - I have had the test but the results aren't back yet. I've left a message for my allocated midwife so I'll see what she thinks

Keep chasing if she doesn't respond. If your baby is Rh positive you need the anti d injection within 72 hours of the sensitising event.

I would get down to the ABC (antenatal baby care) unit if I were you at your local hospital.

I went in for reduced movements and there were a few women who came in after me as they'd had knocks to their bumps. This is exactly the reason why they are there, to check over baby following concerns. They will put you on a heart rate monitor to check baby is ok.

I phoned the hospital directly on the maternity unit phone number on my notes and got an appointment the same day.

They won't do a ctg (heart monitor) unless you are more than 26 weeks but they might listen in with a handheld Doppler if you ask them

@misslc I'd call back and ask to speak to you to a midwife. Mine have always even really helpful and reassuring when I've called about anything so I'd call back if I was you

I had very similar to @RedVelvetDreams. My pug jumped off the back of the sofa onto my belly when I was about 20 weeks. It really hurt and was sore for a couple of days. I rang MAC and the midwife was really lovely and said it was one of their most common calls (that and toddlers jumping on bellies!) and baby was very well protected in there so not to worry unless there was any cramping or bleeding. She said due to the muscles already working hard etc and the nature of the injury, to expect to be sore for a few days

Thanks so much everyone.
I've got an appointment at the pregnancy assessment unit at 8pm to get an anti-d due to my blood group. Not sure if they'll do anything else but so pleased that I posted to here so I found out about rhe anti d.
A huge thank you to all of you xx

Phew, very pleased you have the anti-d booked! Can't believe they didn't ask on the phone. In the future any knock to your bump that makes you think "ow", or any bleeding, you need to ring them and let them know you're Rh-. Sadly it's a case of needing anti-d every time!

Honestly @littlemissalwaystired I can't thank you enough for the advice. It hadn't been explained to me by midwives yet and so didn't think to mention it this morning.

I am Rh-neg and was in a car accident at 8 months with DS14. Went to hospital to get checked out but nobody mentioned anti-d at all? I definitely had an anti d injection when pregnant but can't remember when and it was routine rather than in response to a trauma. Also how do they determine if your baby is Rh+ or Rh- before birth? Thanks

You're very welcome! I'm a midwife myself so it comes naturally to ask these things

For the poster above, some trusts can test baby's Rh status in pregnancy by a blood test around 16 weeks. However, not every trust does this so often anti-d is given routinely to every Rh- mother at 28 weeks. It doesn't do any harm to have it, but could potentially do harm not to. We then test blood from the cord once baby's born and that tells us whether another dose is needed postnatally or whether it's not.

I was in a serious car accident at 15+5 weeks (closed the motorway kind of accident). It was a frustrating gestation to have an accident, I went to a & e and fell between the cracks of early pregnancy and maternity who would only see me if I was 16 +weeks. I was also too early to have felt kicks/movements. I was sent on my way with a don't worry it will be suitably cushioned in there and seek help if you get pain or bleeding.
I had a midwife appointment a few days later anyway and she was able to hear the heartbeat much to my relief! The little bean is now 11 weeks and perfectly fine.
Always get checked out but don't panic too much.
Good luck.

Thanks @Superscientist.
Got checked over last night, placenta and heartbeat could both be heard and I've felt a little movement again today.
I've also got my anti-D injection at 3pm so fingers crossed all is good :)
Hope you're recovering well after your accident.

I had so many inti-d injections while I was pregnant. I rattled an iron gate off my bump at around 25 weeks. It was really sore and bruised. I had anti-d and DS was just fine.

He was also Rh neg to I didn't actually need the anti-d but they don't check baby's blood group before birth where I am.