I know this sounds silly and ridiculous but.....
The last two times we saw the baby on US it wasn't moving around much. He/she has a fantastic heartbeat which we both saw and heard and the growth is right on target but I'm still so paranoid. This am I asked the doctor how come there wasn't much "flip flopping" around on the screen and he said "it's probably sleeping". At our NT scan there was some waving and movement and then baby "was napping". I know I'm a nut but could def use some reassurance. I know that if there were any sort of problem the doc would let me know but as a FTM I guess worrying comes with the territory!
Re: I know I'm a crazy FTM...
Little Man arrived 3/28/14 at 10:32pm
9 lb 1 oz & 21 3/4 inches
do you know how many hours a newborn sleeps? About 16 hours a day on average, Ok now think about how much time a fetus sleeps about 22hours a day... so they are awake for only moments at a time
take heart that your body and your baby "know" how to grow
Hopefully baby remains a great sleeper once he or she is here! DD moved around mostly at night, which got real annoying toward the end when my already poor sleep would be interrupted by a jab to the bladder. During the day she was not very active. I was told it was because my movement lulled her to sleep. She did follow that pattern after she was born, where if she was being moved (swing, baby wearing or rocking) she would sleep, but would be wide awake once she was still.
Soon enough you will be able to feel alot of movements and possibly hiccups to reassure you!