listen 2 MW or get 2nd opionion..?

[xnewxmummyx]

as most of you may know i am overweight plus i have got an anterior placenta ... i am 26weeks pregnant today and still not happy with my lil girls movements ... i dont know if what i am feeling is my baby, i.e. popping sometimes faint sometimes quiet hard, and just lately feeling like a fish or something is swimming around (only had this a couple of times) ... and if these are movements then I'm not sure I am feeling them enough? Some days are more than others, e.g. when I found out on Wednesday my mum has got the big C my tummy was popping all over the place but not sure if this was down 2 my upset?? and lastnight i had my hand on my tummy and felt a "kick" but i thought maybe its strong wind? but can wind be so strong as 2 make my hand move?? also i had a "mexican wave" type feeling in my tummy a few nights ago too...

anyway, what i am trying to say is that my MW dosen't seem concerned yet about this (i saw her last tuesday and bubs HB was fine) she asked me about movements but i told her i wasnt feeling anything definate, but like I say she didn't seem to concerned ... plus I have an anterior placenta and I am overweight..

...should i trust my MW and go with her advice, and basically worry when she does, {she says not to be too concerned until bt 28weeks} or do I ring hospital and see what they say???

sorry 4 going on, hard 2 put into words what I mean..

xxx

 

[rcl2105]

Hi,
NOt sure what I can say to help but didnt want to read and run.
I have read that a lot of ladies with anterior placenta have trouble feeling movements sometimes.
When is your next midwife app?
The good thing is you are feeling movement, they are pretty similar to what I feel (im 18 weeks), and I dont feel them reguarly.
hope this helps
rach x

 

[allyk]

it does definatly sound like movements, i am aslo a plus size lady. And did not start to feel movements until approx 22-23 weeks, even now at 25 weeks she only moves occasionally, although at every scan she is wriggling like a worm.

I personally would listen to the midwife as you are feeling what sounds like movement. I have not felt any kicks on outside yet but definatly in inside.

Try not to worry if possible...

 

[xnewxmummyx]

thanku, my next mw appt is at 29weeks so if im not happy by then i will tell her im really worried. she says she thinks that what i have described is baby, just very subtle movements...

xx

 

[holly2234]

I also have an anterior placenta and the movements you described felt like the ones i got a couple of weeks ago. Mine picked up around 24 weeks. So maybe yours will be more definite but just taking a while. Definitely call the hospital though if youre worried. You know your body best and if something doesnt seem right to you, get as many opinions as it takes to put your mind at rest.

 

[winegums]

some people don't feel movements all the way through

i'm nearly 31 weeks and i rarely feel anything

i'm not THAT overweight uk 14-16

and i also have an anterior placenta

movements aren't the be all and end all, as long as hb is fine, and all your things like bp and urine are fine then it doesn't really matter

xxx

 

[xnewxmummyx]

yeh my bp and bubs HB have always been fine ... my MW did say some women just dont feel much and

 

[xnewxmummyx]

yeh my bp and bubs HB have always been fine ... my MW did say some women just dont feel much and I am obviously one of those women..

 

[scrumpy78]

I'm 21 weeks with my second baby, anterior placenta and a size 14 and I just feeling what ur describing. I think u are feeling movement and id wait a bit. U had a 20 w scan?

 

[pinklizzy]

I had similar movements hun and I had an anterior placenta too. The movements got stronger at around 28 weeks as she got bigger and stronger. Mention it to your MW if you are worried though, it doesn't do any good to be worried all the time.

 

[Pippasdvision]

I am over weight and have an anterior placenta. With both my previous pregnancies they have been posterior and I have felt movement from about 17 weeks this one, I still dont feel something every day and definatly no hard kicks at all I find that if I lie on my back and rest my hand on my lower stomach I will sometimes feel something with my hand I do however feel braxton hicks lol movement is not everything I would wait a few more weeks and see if they pick up

 

[18singlemom2b]

sorry i can't offer help but just know that i feel for you, and hope you figure everything out soon! xoxo

 

[libsoncat]

I am overweight and have an anterior placenta. I feel "popping" like feelings, almost like popcorn popping in my lower stomach. Also, I feel some jabs here and there on the sides or towards the top of my stomach. She is breach. I am 25 weeks now and I feel movements twice a day at least (or what I think are movements). I read in my book that you can feel the movements more at 28 weeks so I'm just waiting patiently until then. I don't feel kicks from the outside though, when I feel something inside, I put my hand on my stomach and she immediately stops moving. Stubborn bubs.