Inconsistent movement - 23W6D

[KarinaWhyte]

Ever since I turned 23 weeks my baby hasn’t been giving me kicks. More like rolls, swishes and taps. Most of the time I can’t even feel her unless I place my hand on my stomach, I used to be able to feel her all the time kicking into my stomach without placing my hand on my belly. Now I have to lie down and concentrate most of the time this week, sometimes she kicks me without me having to place my hand on my stomach to feel them, just not as much. She has been giving me movements everyday tho, but it isn’t as intense as what she was between week 21-23. I have a posterior placenta, I have a feeling she’s turning herself to my back this week or putting herself in a weird position. I have a midwife appointment next Friday so I’ll mention this to her even tho I don’t need to kick count until 28 weeks I just need some reassurance that’s all. My baby doesn’t have a pattern yet, sometimes she’s active and sometimes she’s lazy.. this past week she’s been lazy with movements. It’s giving me intense anxiety.. I know I shouldn’t overthink but whenever I don’t feel her I keep thinking she’s struggling or dead. I have prenatal anxiety I’ve had a previous early loss and idk I’m just so scared of having a stillborn.

I think you should be getting checked out if there's any change at all

The hospital I’m at doesn’t do much when youre 24 weeks. They’ll put the Doppler on me and send me home. I’m too early to be on the non-stress test machine unless they give me an ultrasound but I’m going there in 6 days for my next appointment!

It's still early and she has a lot of space in there to move around and hide from you. I had a similar lull in movements around the same time as you, I'm now nearly 34 weeks. At 20 weeks I was feeling sharp kicks in the evening, and my husband felt his first ones too. Then for a couple weeks they were a lot fainter and not as strong, but that was just because he had shifted around in there. In all likelihood all is fine, but it's always worth getting checked out for any concerns you have. My hospital keep emphasising that they'd rather I went in 100 times for it to be nothing than not go that one time it would've been helpful.

If you are really worried I would say get checked out but also you are still early for a pattern am 30 and still don’t feel like I know what this rock solid pattern is there talking about. It’s so hard dealing with the anxiety if you need to speak to a mental health midwife just ask am sure you’ll see one.