For some reason I've known from really early on (nothing was ever said to me) that I have an anterior placenta. So if anyone can share their Anterior Placenta stories, I'd appreciate it. I know it's not dangerous, but it does explain why I can't feel much of anything.
Otherwise, I guess it went well. The doc reviews the pics and will talk to me about it next week but since I work in the field I'm somewhat familiar with what I'm looking at and wasn't really concerned. All of the organs were located and photographed including the illusive nasal bone from the NT scan. Baby is a thumb sucker hands were in their face the entire time!
We did ask to find out the gender, and the tech was able to identify it and write it down in an envelope for us. She also included a picture, and we'll open that tonight at dinner with some friends. Super excited about that! If I can make it to dinner... I maybe tried to shine a flashlight through the envelope to see but I couldn't make anything out!
Anyway, here's Duckling, my thumb sucking offspring!
One of my twins has an anterior placenta and the other has a posterior placenta. To this day I still feel the baby with the posterior placenta more then the other one, but I have felt the one with the anterior placenta more and more as time goes on.
This is my third and it's been a different experience. I'm 28 weeks now and while I am feeling movement it's still nothing like my other two. I wasn't feeling much until 20 or so weeks and with my other pregnancies I felt flutters at 16 weeks (first baby) and believe it or not 13 weeks (second baby).
Also, OBs and MWs have had trouble getting a HB with the doppler so far. Eventually they get it but they have to move the doppler around a lot and only get a read from the side.
Post by estrellita on Aug 27, 2014 10:44:57 GMT -5
Yay for a good u/s! I have an anterior placenta as well, but it's too early for me to feel anything anyways. I'm hoping to feel something before we do our a/s!
Post by nonsenseabound on Aug 27, 2014 11:05:05 GMT -5
I had an anterior placenta with all three pregnancies. It means nothing other than your baby has a punching bag. It takes longer to feel movement and I tend to feel more movement on the outer sides rather than the middle of my stomach.
Post by imimahoney on Aug 27, 2014 11:09:49 GMT -5
I had one with my first. The Ob said it was like a pillow was giving the baby some cushion between my belly. I didn't feel movement on the outside for awhile but other than that nothing to tell.
Such a good picture. So cute. Glad the scan went well and I can't wait to find out what you're having!!
I also have an anterior placenta. There are no negatives associated with it, only that you'll feel movement later than most people. I'm only 1.5 weeks ahead of you though, so my experience has been the same. Sometimes I think I feel something, but I'm not really sure. It's probably just food digesting. LOL
What's weird though, is sometimes I can see the shape of my belly change when I lie down and even then I feel nothing!
My mom told me I should be happy because I'll probably be cursing the little guy when he's kicking me when I'm trying to sleep. haha
I have an anterior placenta and also haven't felt much in terms of movement. I am 22 weeks and there has been a few times I have felt what I thought was the baby, then I stop what I am doing and can't get a repeat movement from him. It's killing me because I loved being able to just know everything was okay when I could feel my daughter moving. I am sure in a few weeks movement will get better but as a PGAL it sure doesn't calm my nerves any.
I'm 28 weeks and have an anterior placenta. It wasn't until about 25 weeks that I started to feel her consistently. Also it sometimes takes a while longer to find her heartbeat with the fetal Doppler.
I'm 28 weeks and have an anterior placenta. It wasn't until about 25 weeks that I started to feel her consistently. Also it sometimes takes a while longer to find her heartbeat with the fetal Doppler.
This warning about the fetal doppler is very helpful too, because I know if I can't or the doc can't find it right away, there's good reason.
Such a cute ultrasound photo. I love little thumb suckers!
I also have an anterior placenta, but oddly enough, I've been feeling tons of movement very early on (felt the first flutters at 16 weeks and lots of movement at 17 weeks). I think I'm the exception, however, as far as feeling early movements with an anterior placenta goes. If you don't feel the little guy at all for a while don't worry about it; that's totally normal.
I've had an anterior placenta since the beginning. The only issue it ever gave me was that it made it VERY difficult to get a heartbeat on the Doppler in the beginning. The doctor couldn't even get it until 16 weeks-ish. Since then, no issues. I may have felt movement later or more subdued, but it's my first, so I don't have anything to compare it to. Otherwise, I don't think the anterior placement is anything to think about.