Kinda freakin out!

Ok, so I just realized I haven't felt Rory move all day and I'm kinda freaking out about it. I have felt her pretty much every day since week 20 and all the time in the past 2 weeks. I ate lunch and she usually really starts to move after that...but nothing today. Has this happened to anyone else? Should I call my doc or just wait a while and see if I'm just paranoid?

Tina

Lay on your side and drink some orange juice. I always shook my belly to get my son moving!


Jackie

I agree with Jackie - have something with some natural sugars and lay down - I bet you just aren't feeling it - maybe the way she is laying. There are days where baby still moves a lot less for me then other days. Some days I don't think the little one ever sleeps! lol

I'm such a spaz! Like 10 minutes after I posted this she moved. So everything is fine, it just freaked me out. Stupid pregnancy hormones make me sooooooo unreasonable!

I have notice a decrease in movements the last few days too. I think because the baby is getting a little more cramped in there IDK. It could be she is moving while your busy, and therefore you arent noticing it as much. I would definatly keep an eye on it this weekend. Let us know!

I swear I go through this everyday! All of a sudden I'll be like, I don't remember feeling the baby move today and I'll freak myself out and eat something sugary and stop and wait and sometimes she'll move soon after that and other times it takes her awhile and I'm freaking out. It's not a fun thing to freak out about, I completely understand.

I know there are "guidelines" as to how much at what stage you should feel baby move.  You could try googling it, but I used to work for an OB who literally had a chart that moms could look at and know how to count and what is okay and what is not okay.  The bigger baby gets the less movement you will feel because they are cramped in there...however, the moves you do feel SHOULD get your attention...cuz they are generally big large kicks changing positions and what not...So google and ask your OB...that way, you know if something dangerous is going on or if baby is just cramped and cannot do summer saults the way they used to :)  I hope this helps!!!  I know with particularly one of my pregnancies I did not feel tons of movement as the weeks went by...but we would have pushing matches...cuz she would get her foot right below my ribcage and it hurt and I was short of breath..so I would push on her little foot to get her to move...and she was a stubborn bean...she would push right bac****il she finally gave in and moved enough to get the pain out of my ribs!!!  I hope this helps and I am sorry I don't have any more information than I do...I should have kept journals and notes from doctors in it that I could share, but I never did...I still have some info tucked away in a afe [I thinnk all the PP are right on...but bug the hell outta the nurse...either she will solve it right away...or make an appointment for the doc to get you on track so as not to woory too much!

Hope this helps!

Mom to 8, but also 21 years experience in nursing and other medical related jobs.