16 week appointment and anterior placenta

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I have my 16 week midwife appointment next week and I’m hoping she will use the Doppler to hear the heartbeat although I know some trusts don’t do that at this stage anymore. With an anterior placenta is it less likely that the heartbeat will be heard? I’m so gutted about the placement of my placenta as I was really hoping to feel baby move soon for a bit of reassurance.

I've got an anterior placenta too and they've not had any problems finding the heart beat, and I definitely feel the movements and kicks too 😊 I can't remember how many weeks I was when the first listened though

I have an anterior placenta too. it was also low lying at my 20 week scan so waiting to see if it moves up. Have had no issueswith midwife finding heartbeat so far but I believe it does depend on how baby is lying in relation to the placenta so please dont panic if they cant get it. Regarding kicks and movement, I felt this very lightly from about 22 weeks. Now I'm 27 weeks and the kickstand wriggled can be quite strongly felt some days but far less so on others. Nobody can see them from the outside though, at least not yet.

I was 16 weeks when they listened to my babys heartbeat but that was more for my reassurance since id had 3 losses prior to this, my midwife was very understanding but did say she would get into trouble if her bosses found out she was doing it before 25 weeks. Seems to be an all round trust thing now.
No matter what kind of placenta you have they wont have trouble listening to it, they will feel for baby and make a call as to where to listen to the heartbeat.

When i was 25 weeks they would go right underneath my belly to listen, now im 39 weeks they usually just use the top of my bump to listen to him.

The only difference is the movements you wont feel them until maybe a bit later and others wont be able to feel them like you do later on. I tried on a weekly basis to get my OH to feel baby kick and he couldnt, again im 39 weeks now and he felt it for the first time the other day.

You'll be absolutely fine! 😁

I had an anterior placenta with my son and was gutted when I was told I might not feel movements as much because I was SO anxious

19 weeks 2 days I started feeling him kick, by 24 weeks I had regular movements. Trust me I felt the back flips he was doing in side of me!

My friend also had an anterior and was very surprised that she felt baby move so much around 20 weeks

I had anterior x 2 and had zero problems....dont stress about it

My second had an anterior placenta. Midwife had no problem finding him with the Doppler at 16 weeks. Quicker than my first who had a posterior placenta. However, it was a whole different ball game at 36 weeks when the placenta was big enough to hide behind.....

Thanks ladies, keep your fingers crossed the midwife can find the heartbeat for me next week!