Hey Ladies,
Anyone else get nervous or have noticed a vast change in the amount of movement from your LO? It seems like last week I was feeling him move all the time, and now for the last couple of days if I feel him it's very little or even makes me wonder if it was him or just gas.
TIA
Re: movement has subsided
I wouldn't worry too much. The movement won't be consistent for a few weeks still. The baby might have just shifted position or is moving when you are.
Have you eaten really salty food in the past couple days? Maybe drink some water.
I guess I am the biggest worry wort in this room lol. After thanksgiving dinner my little boy stopped moving. For the next 24hrs I felt nothing. It really shook me up, because at 19 weeks he was so active and then it drastically stopped.
I decided to call the nurse and she was concerned. I was instructed to drink 1 liter of water as fast as I could, lay down for an hr and count his kicks. She told me to not watch TV or get distracted, just count kicks and she would call me back.
As soon as I downed all that water and laid down on my side I felt 7 kicks within the hr. Nurse called back and was really happy to hear the news. She said anything fewer than 5 an hr was reason for concern.
Anyways, long story short...I was dehydrated.