Change in/reduced movements 23 weeks

[SophieAyres]

Hiya so I can’t tell if I’m being an anxious wreck or not, I feel like my baby has changed how he’s moving. I was really poorly over the weekend with a stomach bug and since then I don’t think I’m feeling him the same way… I used to get bursts of pretty strong movement but now I’m only feeling him here and there and lighter than before. I’m so worried something is wrong and I keep convincing myself that my baby is dead and I’m just feeling his corpse rolling around in there. I’m crying near constantly and I called my midwife team who said not to worry. Am I being ridiculous? I just want him safe, it would literally be the end of me if I lost this baby.

I’m sure all is fine but call you 24 hour number, they will have you down to monitor.
I stopped feeling my baby move at 29 weeks for almost 24 hours and feared the worst.
They monitored me for over half hour and confirmed baby’s movements were as they should be, in fact he was quite active but I didn’t feel it. They seemed to think he had moved backwards so any movements I wouldn’t feel. Within a few hours he was back to normal but as peace of mind go and get seen too.
Dont feel your overreacting, I felt the same but they were lovely and reassuring x

Keep hydrated, if you were unwell then it might be you’re needing to recover properly too. I would say that if you’re worried then go for monitoring though. It just isn’t worth risk and I’m sure they won’t mind.

I agree with the PP, call maternity triage and explain what your concerns are - they will very likely ask you to come in so they can check baby's heartbeat. It's easy for the midwife to tell you not to worry but it's not her pregnancy and I think they sometimes forget there's an anxious mum who needs a bit more reassurance than "don't worry about it". Just to manage expectations though, they probably won't be able to do the full monitoring with the CTG machine - I went to triage with concerns about movement at 23+5 and all they could do was feel for baby's position and listen to the heartbeat because they don't use the CTG machine before 28 weeks.

Call triage please! No one here can tell you what’s going on. They should see you to listen to baby’s heartbeat.