32 Weeks and Reduced Movement.....

[**Helen**]

Hi all, last week when I was 31 weeks I went into the maternity unit due to reduced movements. I had ctg monitoring and everything was fine. My ob then sent me for a scan to check on her and all stats were good. The next 2 days she was still fairly quiet so was booked in for an OB appointment on the friday. By Thursday she was moving ok again, and then wouldn't stop moving at the OB appointment. Well today (32 weeks) she has decided to play up again. She didn't move for 3 hrs and no amount of prodding whilst I was at my US appointment would get her to move, we had to wait 30mins for her to give us what we needed. They couldn't see all of the placenta because she was in the way, however the cord pulse was fine, as was her brain pulse rate and heart rate. My main query is, what do I do? Really if she keeps this up I will be calling the maternity unit again, however what does this all mean when her heart rate is fine? Do I ask for a non-stress test? What is that anyway? All help greatly appreciated.

[PumpkinZulu]

Could it be something as simple as bubba running out of room?

[black_rose]

Movement does slow right down they say to count them over the day not in an hour. Try lying down with a cold drink and see if you can feel anything.

[**Helen**]

Thanks
PumpkinZulu-She is measuring slightly bigger, however she still has a bit of room.
black_rose-Thanks, drinks etc don't help which is frustrating.
I think I should keep a movement diary. I have felt 1 flutter since I posted this and I have had tea and a cold drink. I think maybe she is just mischevious (sp?) I guess movement is always hard to not worry about.

[chody47]

I was just looking at your sig and noticed you had other kids too. I'm not sure of their ages, but is it possible you're so busy running around after them that you don't notice the moments? I know when I was preg with DD2 I often wouldn't notice as I was so busy with DD1.

[**Helen**]

I agree chody47 I am sure that I am not noticing it as much due to all of the running around. However even when I am concentrating on paying attention she is not moving much. Yesterday I was extremely busy and she kicked all day which was nice. Today my stomach/abdomen is quite sore but so fare I have felt very limited movement. Will be laying down after a cold drink etc and hopefully she wakes up.

[Jennifer13]

Don't know if it helps, but my DD1 was a busy kicker in utero and I had a low lying placenta, so I could feel EVERYTHING! She would kick up a storm if I did something as simple as lean on the desk in front of me. DD2, I had an anterior placenta and she was much, much quieter. My m/w told me a figure, but it wasn't as many movements to note as I would have thought. If you (get the chance to ) lie down for half an hour, you'll probably feel enough movement to settle your mind (they don't need to be vigorous kicks, just movement). I notice too that both DD2 and this bubba tend to wriggle into a position when I lie down on my side and then stay there (clearly, they get comfortable). This bubba is much more like DD2 but I have a posterior placenta, so I do feel a bit more than DD2.

On the outside, DD1 has ants-in-her-pants and can't sit still. DD2 is nowhere near as twitchy. So maybe this bubba is not quite as restless as your other children?

Is there anything else going on that would make you feel anxious about this pg? I know I worried a lot more when a close friend lost a bubba while I was pg with DD2.

[MumtoA]

I highly recommend kick counting as it can help you get an idea of active and quiet periods. There are lots of phone apps that you can record it on and then you can review them all together and see if you notice a pattern or anything that may be of concern. And yes, pleaseeee go in to get stress tests etc done if your worried, always best to be safe!

[Cassius2]

i second (third, fourth?) checking movements over a whole day.

If you are concerned the stress test might be a good idea.

I also have to say that i found it harder with my third pregnancy to notice the movements as much: in my case i lay blame on the fact that my stomach muscles were shot to bits and it made it harder to feel the more subtle movements ITMS.