Worrying myself sick surgery 20 week scan.

[yvonneb13]

Hi everyone I'm new here I am 20 weeks pregnant today with my first baby also rainbow baby.
Over the last couple weeks I have fallen at work and broke my ankle in two places that I needed surgery to fix I opted for an epidural as they said it was safer. I've been in so much pain they gave me a morphine drip and then oral morphine to take at home which I'm only taken at night not every 4 hours like suggested. Now sitting at home with my broken ankle I am absolutely Terrified and worried myself crying that somethings gonna be wrong when I go to my scan on Wednesday I haven't felt moment yet or much anyway I don't think I'm guessing I'm just looking for a little reassurance or just to talk and get it out my partner just presumed everything's always gonna be fine but I am
In a panic. I know they hospital would
Do stuff if they think it's not safe but I am now so so scared
Thanks for reading.

I really don’t think you need to worry about the surgery!

Spinal/epidurals are used during labour so are obviously safe for babies! And morphine is safe during pregnancy, just might make baby sleepy if you’ve had it near the end.

20 week scans are a bit scary anyway but I don’t think you have anything extra to worry about beyond “normal” scan worrying.

I didn’t feel my baby move until 21 weeks. Like you I was very worried, but apparently this is perfectly normal. When I figured out that what I was feeling was movement, I wondered how long I’d been feeling it for and just not recognising it for what it was.
the hospital will only have treated you in a way that was safe for your baby but I understand how hard it is to be worrying about things, especially as you aren’t in control of the situation and you haven’t yet got the reassurance of movement.

please try not to worry, rest up and enjoy seeing your little one in the scan.

Thank you for replying I'm trying to stay calm and stay of google🤦‍♀️ I am a natural worried anyways I'm just hoping everything's okay and surly if there was something wrong my body would let me know.

I remember being on a thread when I was pregnant, where one person had surgery, another was in a car crash and then had surgery, and another stopped breathing and was revived — all babies were fine.

I had an anterior placenta and didn't feel much movement till after the 20 week scan. Hope your scam goes well