Second trimester anxiety - small bump and no flutters

[PurpleTurtleMoose]

I don't even know what I'm asking here. Maybe whether anyone has any words of wisdom, as I'm losing my mind with worry.

I'm 20 weeks today and still felt no movement despite being petite and having a posterior placenta.

I'm also worried my bump seems to be the same size it was a month ago.

I've reached out to my midwife but she's been ignoring my texts for about a month now. The worst part is it's a specialist team for women who may need more support!

I've suffered losses in the past and this is my first pregnancy to reach this stage. I just feel so worried and don't know what to do.

I should add that I do have my anomaly scan in a couple of weeks but it feels like ages away. Last successful scan was at 17 weeks.

Thanks so much for any wisdom you can bring! I just feel so worried and lost.

Hi,

I'm 27 weeks with my first baby.

It took until 22-23 weeks for me with a posterior placenta to start feeling movement. I also didn't get any flutters at all, I didn't feel anything until definite kicks, which feels exactly as they sound, and only then at 23 weeks it was on the evening, when I was lying quietly.

I had absolutely no discernible bump from my previous body until about 24 weeks, then he seems to have absolutely exploded in the last three weeks!

If you've got worries speak to your midwife but your wee one is still very little and when I raised it with my midwife she said it's normal for first time mums not to feel movement until 24 weeks.

@Tiredb Thank you so much, that's amazing to know this isn't abnormal. Everywhere I read, people are getting flutters and big bumps from early on, and I've just been getting myself worked up. Really appreciate your wisdom 💕

With my first, I was very much the same.

I’m a petite person and didn’t really have a noticeable bump until 26 weeks.
I also didn’t feel any movement until 23-24 weeks.
Well….i thought I didn’t feel any movement 😂 when I was pregnant with my second, I realised I had felt movement earlier with my first….id just mistaken those early flutters as fart bubbles in my belly 🫠🫠🫣🫣😂🤦🏻‍♀️

I have a small 2nd centile baby now 3 months old and had tiny bump and movement later and all is well. Also I’d speak the head that midwifery team and complain it’s not on at all and something needs to be said

Thank you 💕
I think I might try to say something to the midwife team, you're right. I feel so let down by it, and frankly just confused about why when I text to ask about a symptom, anxiety etc, I just get ignored. It's making this all so much harder.

I just thought I should update this in case anyone with similar struggles in future is looking: the anomaly scan was absolutely fine, the kicks came a few weeks later, and the baby was born safely and on time (just a few days past due date), at a comfortable 50th percentile for weight.

It seems some of us just feel kicks later than average, regardless of placenta position. X