Hi,
Currently 38+5 weeks with my first baby and over the past 2-3 weeks I have been in and out of hospital around 8 times. I have had at least 4 episodes of reduced movements (all CTGs normal each time) and a couple of episodes of increased movement.
The times I have been in for increased movement my heart rate was 120bpm and baby’s heart rate was going up to 200bpm.. I was taken straight to labour ward and put on IV fluids which did seem to settle things and was discharged and told to continue to monitor.
I was also sent for a CT scan due to fears of me having a blood clot on my lungs-thankfully all clear.
At a routine appointment yesterday with the midwife she listened in with the Doppler and baby’s heart rate was again high and my pulse high too. She sent me back to the hospital and again CTG and both mine and baby’s heart rates were normal. I’m getting more and more stressed the more this goes on that something terrible is going to happen. I’m full term and feel like at this point my mental health should be a factor as I feel like all this uncertainty around movements (RFM & IFM) is making me a bit crazy. Surely, I could be considered for induction at this point? I no longer feel like I have a pattern to base things on and midwives and doctors just seem very quick to say everything is okay and just say continue to monitor.
Also, not sure if I am just over thinking everything but I definitely feel like In the past week my bump as gotten smaller. I’m assuming the baby has just dropped down but I feel like after everything that’s been going on something bad is still going to happen.
Not really sure what I am hoping for from this but any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated.