Post by 5kcandlesinthewind on Mar 19, 2015 13:48:51 GMT -5
It was 21-22 weeks before I knew I was feeling them. I'm sure some of the things I attributed to gas/whatever were probably early flutters, especially since he was so squirmy during the ultrasound, but it wasn't until then that they were strong enough for me to figure it out.
I was feeling soft taps around 16-17 weeks. I don't know where my placenta is, though? Lol, mom fail.
It came up at my appt yesterday because she had trouble finding the HB (really it was prob like 30 sec. Felt like forever though!) and when she did it was a mash up of mine and the little's. It's hard to explain but my HB sounded closer than the fetal HB. Anyway, she thinks the placenta is anterior based on that. We'll see if her hypothesis pans out.
22 weeks seems so far away! I know there will come a day, likely at 3am mid fetal dance party, when I'm all 'what was the rush?' But right now it feels like it's such a long time til the next appointment and the reassurance that everything was OK in there would be nice.
ebeth, that was the hardest stretch for me. Some people get a Doppler and find it helpful, but I knew it would make me more anxious. You should have your anatomy scan soon, right? Just focus on getting to that, and then you can rest a bit easier while you wait for regular movement. I found focusing on each interim milestone, however small, very helpful for getting through my worries.
Post by dearprudence on Mar 20, 2015 0:08:15 GMT -5
Honestly I think it's more related to where your nerve receptors are and how many you have than anything else (same reason some people have debilitating cramps and others don't.) With my first I had an anterior placenta which they never told me. I felt movement at 16 weeks. This time around I've got a posterior placenta and felt movement later (at 17 weeks).
Something else to keep in mind, they've done studies to correlate perceived fetal movement with actual documented movement and found that the rate of false positives was pretty high. Meaning that many women who claim to feel movement aren't actually feeling movement.
I had an anterior placenta and felt tiny movements around 16 weeks, but they were questionable. I felt a flip at 18 weeks and started to feel more movement around that time. I didn't feel consistent movements for quite a while though.
It came up at my appt yesterday because she had trouble finding the HB (really it was prob like 30 sec. Felt like forever though!) and when she did it was a mash up of mine and the little's. It's hard to explain but my HB sounded closer than the fetal HB. Anyway, she thinks the placenta is anterior based on that. We'll see if her hypothesis pans out.
22 weeks seems so far away! I know there will come a day, likely at 3am mid fetal dance party, when I'm all 'what was the rush?' But right now it feels like it's such a long time til the next appointment and the reassurance that everything was OK in there would be nice.
ebeth, that was the hardest stretch for me. Some people get a Doppler and find it helpful, but I knew it would make me more anxious. You should have your anatomy scan soon, right? Just focus on getting to that, and then you can rest a bit easier while you wait for regular movement. I found focusing on each interim milestone, however small, very helpful for getting through my worries.
I feel the same way about the Doppler. Seeing Whitney have 'trouble' finding the HB with the Doppler reaffirmed that. She has like 20 years of experience there's like no hope for me or my H finding it.
The anatomy scan is in 2.5 weeks! And then I have another prenatal appt the week after that so not quite so long between appointments this time. Hopefully, It'll be moving soon after that.