Anterior Placenta

amathera · October 2013

So i'm a FTM and at our A/S we found out we're having a happy healthy baby Girl!! US tech also mentioned that I had an Anterior Placenta, which explained why even at 20 weeks I was still questioning some of the things i was feeling as baby vs gas. Now im sitting here at 24 weeks and i can mostly tell all her movements vs my guts shifting around, but still no kicks or rolling elbows for Dad to feel! I was really hoping to be feeling more on the 'outside' at this point! Any other moms have Anterior placenta stories for me? when you finally felt/saw baby moving from the outside? Don't know if it matters but she was only 59th percentile size wise, which the doctor said was no big deal of course but maybe she's just Still not big enough to make a dent in my extra fluffiness?

PrimRoseMama · October 2013

I had AP with both viable pregnancies. It wasn't until the very end that outside eyes/hands could see/feel baby. I would say 35 weeks on.

It could also matter how you carry. If your uterus is tilted & how baby is facing at any particular moment. I know you are eager to share those little wiggles with your SO. Patience!

HobokensFury · October 2013

I have an anterior placenta. I can feel him a little bit now but DH can't and it makes him so sad.

mcgeeva · October 2013

Had anterior placenta both times. Stinks you can't feel as much as you would like. Movements on the outside not till much later

erind0213 · October 2013

I don't think it plays a roll in baby size. I had an anterior placenta and baby girl was born full term (a whole day early) and weighted 8lbs 6oz.

As for movement, I am plus size and will say that I didn't feel much of anything till 24-26 weeks.

I am not preggers with number 2 and think that I have felt some movement this time, but it was also mentioned to me that it looked like the placenta was attaching to the back this time.

SamJustice · November 2013

I was closer to 30 weeks with my son. Because of the AP, we actually had quite a few scares that landed us in labor and delivery because I couldn't always feel him moving! But by around 30 weeks, you could visibly see his little butt or foot or whatever poking out on occasion. That's really when my FI said he could finally feel him moving.

ncbelle · November 2013

I had an AP with my first. Honestly I thought it was hooey that it made a big difference in movement...until I was pregnant for the second time and experienced the difference

I still felt (and saw later on) plenty of movement from the outside. I felt movement about when everyone else seemed to but I'm slim - not sure how much difference that makes. It will come!

pb&jojo · November 2013

I never saw movement from the outside, but had big movements around 30 weeks until the end.

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