3rd Trimester
Sleepy baby is going to give me a heart attack!
My LO apparently likes to sleep for extended periods of time at this point. I can feel little to no movement for like 2 hours straight and just about the time I am about to have a heart attack that something is wrong, she will start to move. Is anyone else having this issue???
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Re: Sleepy baby is going to give me a heart attack!
I'm assuming we're saying LO isn't born yet? Lol.
I have the same issue, he is quiet for long stretches and then tons of punches and kicks and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g. I know you are supposed to be 'counting' movements, but as a FTM, I keep felling that's long as the majority of the time I feel him, then we're ok.
I have this issue, especially the other day from 8-5pm my LO didn't move a muscle. I ended up going to the OB Triage and as soon as the nurse put the monitor on my belly my little girl kicked!! I felt so stupid, but they monitored me for a while. Actually they were picking up kicks that I wasn't even feeling.
I really didn't want to go to triage, I had a caffienated drink, I had lots of water and tried to poke her to get her to move, but she was being very stubborn. I asked the nurse what I could do to keep from going to the triage everytime she didn't feel like moving. She said there was nothing to do but come b/c it was better to be safe than sorry. Right now 2 hours doesn't seem that bad, but if they wiggle for hours and then all of a sudden stop, it can freak you out. I hope that helped or at least you know you are not alone.
BFP#1 EDD 11/8/11 - MC @ 9w6d, 4/15/11 we said goodbye
BFP#2 DD arrived 5/7/12
As LO runs out of room, the movement becomes less frequent. My LO tends to sleep all day long and I do not feel him at all until late evening after dinner.
If you are concerned, you can try drinking orange juice and then lay on your left side to bring on movement. You can also shine a flashlight at your belly.
My baby is the same way. I can go all day and not feel her. She likes to party early in the morning before I get up (she usually wakes me up) and then when I lay down to go to sleep. I don't normally feel anything when I'm at work. I'm sure she is kicking, but I think I'm just too busy to really pay attention.
I get worried when everyone on here says that they feel baby all the time. Just to reassure me, LO is kicking right now (not her regularly scheduled time ;-)
My LO did this. He had very distinctive awake/sleep patterns, and when he did sleep, it was a deep sleep. I rented a doppler, so in the beginning I just checked on him that way. Once when he started the deep sleep thing, I was away from the house, so I had a sugary coffee from Starbucks to wake him up.
DS's sleep patterns caused me some annoyance at my triage visits (I needed prostaglandin treatments for an unfavorable cervix) and and in L&D. The nurses wouldn't take my word for it that LO was just a deep sleeper. They shoved popsicles down my throat and forced me to stay hooked up to monitors to make sure LO was okay.
DS: 11/8/11 | 9 lb 7 oz, 22 in
DD: 5/22/14 | 9 lb 9 oz, 21.5 in