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My (maybe) irrational fear...

srbmvpsrbmvp member
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okay, this might be totally stupid, but I can't help it. I haven't told anyone else this, but I'm hoping you ladies will be able to sympathize and maybe even help calm me down....

I've been feeling movement, still pretty soft, which I know is normal at this stage. The problem is, I always feel just one baby, I never feel them both at the same time. And the movement I feel is almost always in the same general location of my belly. I have a posterior placenta, so I know that's not getting in the way.... Here's my fear, what if one of the babies isn't okay, and that's why I'm only feeling one of them (I think)?

I have my next ultrasound next week, it's been 3 weeks since the last. I have no reason to believe anything is wrong, no symptoms of problems... I'm just freaking myself out at this point.

I guess I'm hoping someone will talk me down and help me chill out until next WEdnesday. or do i have a legitimate reason to worry? thanks!!!!

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Re: My (maybe) irrational fear...

  • finallyreillyfinallyreilly

    I use to hate the wait inbetween u/s because I was always afraid something happened. 

     I didn't start feeling baby B until I was 18 weeks and even then it was only every once in awhile.  It wasn't really until I was closer to 25 or 26 weeks that I was able to tell who was who and that they kicked consistently.

    Try not to worry (I know easier said than done).

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    It's way too early to a) feel consistent, strong movement; b) be able to differentiate them clearly. Think how tiny they are right now. Whenever I thought I felt one baby kicking, according to the u/s, it was really a different baby. It's just too hard to tell. Don't panic.
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  • srbmvpsrbmvp member

    Thank you so much ladies! I really needed to be told this was normal and to stop freaking out, hahaha. I hope they start bumping up my ultrasounds soon, since I'm mono/di anyway.... the wait in between each one kills me!!!!!

    I still don't know how I managed to stay so calm during my PG with DS. I'm a wreck this time around....

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  • huntertwinhuntertwin member
    I've been worrying about the same thing, really only feel kicks very low and to the left, so I thought I was only feeling one of them. Turns out Baby A is very low and Baby B is to the left, so I had nothing to worry about. Doesn't mean I don't have slight panic attacks every now and then, but it's certainly something that calms me down when I start to feel anxious :)
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  • cadencaden member
    I hardly ever felt my baby B move, even near the end when my baby B was far more active than A, according to my NSTs. I was paranoid the whole time I was pg that I'd lose 1 or both babies. I even bought a home fetal monitor to check on them, but I sucked at finding both heartbeats so that didn't help. Everything was fine though. GL to you!!
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  • LnA5909LnA5909 member
    I can sympathize!  I felt the same way for a few weeks.  As it turns out, both babes are breech so their little feet are in the same general area.  So, I'm probably feeling both kick, but they are just close together. 
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  • everam01everam01 member
    For a long time I felt movement in the same spot, and when I went in for my next u/s I found out that one was head down and one was sideways and their legs were all together in one area.
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