Anterior Placenta

Jacques715 · July 2009

I was just told by my technician during my last ultrasound that I have an anterior placenta. I have read online that this may cause mom to feel baby less which is why I had a growth ultrasound at 29 weeks to begin with. I don't see my doc till next week and am just wondering if what I am reading online holds any truth.

Anybody else with an anterior placenta feeling less movement??

parsleyqueen · July 2009

One of my babies has an anterior placenta and I feel her WAY less than the other baby.

ladyalmalthea · July 2009

I haven't felt my baby as much as my friends have. I just take it as a good thing- more cushioning for accidental bumps from the outside!

flygirl4ev · July 2009

I have one too and yes it's true.

majors31 · July 2009

usually you feel the baby later (but generally by 22/23 weeks) - kicks have to get hard enough to feel through the placenta (think kicking into a pillow) or when the baby kicks around the placenta.

you may not feel every little movement, but i still feel all the violent movements and feel her on a consistent basis.

as long as the movement is consistent for your baby, you should be okay. you should be feeling a pattern for your baby even now and be able to determine what is less movement for your baby.

hopefully your doctor can give you some additional advice. glad that they were proactive about it and got you in for an ultrasound.

MrsPharmGirl · July 2009

It does hold true, for the most part. I have an anterior placenta and I didn't feel movement until about week 20-21. In the beginning, I think it affected me feeling her movement more than it does now. Now that she's bigger, I'm feeling her all the time!!

krmlaw · July 2009

i guess i dont know what movements would fell like without one, but i feel baby all the time. i think he is doing aerobics in there.

lovesazzie · July 2009

I have an anterior placenta and I feel PLENTY of movement... can't imagine feeling more.

Lizard2022 · July 2009

It took until about 22-23 weeks for me to feel anything substantial, but now I feel movement all the time.

Mrs.J0622 · July 2009

I also have an anterior placenta and I began feeling her move at around 22 weeks and it hasn't stopped since then. I felt her so much I didn't think that mattered much past 22 weeks. I don't think the anterior placenta gets in the way once the baby is big enough, I suppose it only makes a difference at the beginning. I know tons of people who felt movement at 14-16 weeks and that surely wasn't the case with me...I'm guessing all in part to the AP.

yosemite · July 2009

I haven't had another pregnancy to compare it to, but I would say that I feel way less movement (based on conversations) than my other pregnant girlfriends. I didn't really feel a first movement until 22 or 24 weeks. Even now, I can only feel her move in one spot. However, she is super active on all of the u/s that we have had.

bunintheoven76 · July 2009

I also have an anterior placenta, and it took until I was 28 weeks to really be able to feel her a lot... my OB explained it was because her bones weren't strong enough yet to kick through everything that she would normally have to, on top of having to kick through the placenta. Until 28 weeks though, I was able to feel her really low or really high. Nothing in the middle of the belly. But I sure can now... so watch out, it is coming!

egsquared · July 2009

I definitely feel less movement than a lot of people seem to (even this far along). I don't feel a lot during the day at all. My dr. said that as long as the movement is consistent for me, then everything is ok. That being said, I have had a couple of NSTs to confirm that the baby is moving enough and so far so good.

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