panic attack last night

cmcookaln · June 2014

LO has been very active ever since I first started feeling movements. Yesterday, I did not feel the baby move hardly at all. Usually when I take a shower and lay down to sleep are the most active times and I did not feel much of anything. I started freaking out a little bit but was eventually able to fall to sleep. My DH goes to work at 4am and lately I've been waking up with him and grabbing a bite to eat to get me through until I wake up around 8:30. After eating and laying back down, the baby is usually active but wasn't. I started getting really upset again with heart beat racing. I asked for a sign from God that everything was okay and I felt a few faint flutterings. I fell back asleep after laying there for about an hour. When I woke up, LO was going to town and has been very active ever since. I think I read in What to Expect... that sometimes the baby can be turned in a position that you can't really feel the movements, but I feel like the baby is getting big enough now (24w today) that I would feel pretty much everything. I haven't started a log yet because I think I read somewhere also that the movements don't really become consistent until about 28 weeks. Has anyone else experienced extended periods of inactivity?

DreadGamerWife · June 2014

Schroeder has those periods of inactivity. My OB commented that she doesn't do any type of kick/movement counts until later in the 3rd trimester as most women can only feel the movement in certain areas right now. For example, I can really only feel Schroeder when she is around my bladder area - I almost never feel anything higher up as that is where my placenta is located.

golfingdarwinfish · June 2014

I experience more periods of inactivity than activity at this point. My MFM has said that's normal and not a cause for concern.

You shouldn't feel "everything" baby does right now - it could be facing inward, it could be moving its legs or arms only slightly, it could be hiding behind your placenta. Or, it could be sleeping, which they still do for the majority of the day.

Try to take deep breathes and calm down. I know it can be scary, but LO is still little, mobile (there's still free space) and developing strength - you aren't going to feel every movement.

mcclan03 · June 2014

Same exact thing has been happening to me. Late last week, LO's movements were finally really noticeable and consistent for several days, then they tapered off significantly over the weekend and early this week. I was convinced that we'd accidentally pushed LO into a weird place during sex. The movements still aren't back at the level they were last week.

I have an anterior placenta, which means I won't feel movement regularly until later, but I think this can happen regardless. The baby changes location in there -- sometimes it's lower, sometimes higher, and sometimes it's kicking your back, not your belly. I understand it's worrisome when the patterns change from what you're used to and I feel the same way, but I don't think it's panic-worthy. Everything I've read and heard says this is 100% normal.

bumpuser10309732 · June 2014

I've also read that babies have "up days" and "down days" much like people where sometimes they just feel lazy. I would try not to worry about it but I know that's easier said than done. If you're having panic attack level anxiety about it call your doctor up and go in. There's no reason they wouldn't ease your mind about feeling anxious.

fireflyrebirth · June 2014

*hugs* I had a few days last week where I was hardly feeling LO at all and I didn't like it one bit! I know he's just getting bigger every day so it's hard to understand why I wouldn't be feeling him more all the time. Trying not to freak out, I told myself he must just be burrowed down somewhere where it's harder for me to feel him. I know I have an anterior placenta too so that's getting a lot of the blame from me.

Pregnancy is a total mindf***, no two ways about it.

atraveller · June 2014

Big "Hugs" - I had similar thing last night. I hadn't felt Lo pretty much all day and was nervous because I'd gone to get my teeth cleaned yesterday morning and was laying further flat than normal and worried I'd done something wrong. I had read somewhere that playing music to your stomach can create movement....so iPod earbuds to stomach last night around 9pm and within 5 minutes Lo was kicking up a storm... I think I woke him/her up.

Worth a try if you ever get nervous again, seemed to work like a charm.

I've heard similar to what other PPs have said, from my doctor, that they don't even start asking you to count for regular movement till 28 weeks or a little later because before then you can't feel all the movement. True story - my MIL says with her 2nd two children she barely felt them the entire pregnancy and she was a nervous wreck, but both came out just fine.

DaniGrace89 · June 2014

I have. My little girl has days where she is thumping away, and random days where I feel very little. It's terrifying, and those are days where I'm mega stressed. They are always followed by another active day. I try to have a little bit of faith. Even though it's hard. As long as there are no other signs (bleeding, cramping) I'd hang in there.

cmcookaln · June 2014

Thanks everyone for the support and encouragement. I'm now I'm just overreacting, but I am Type A personality and worry about every little thing. It especially doesn't help because I have had a loss with a previous pregnancy.

atraveller · June 2014

cmcookaln said:

Thanks everyone for the support and encouragement. I'm now I'm just overreacting, but I am Type A personality and worry about every little thing. It especially doesn't help because I have had a loss with a previous pregnancy.

@cmcookaln - I totally understand - I'm not quite Type A - but I am a nervous nellie and I too had a loss, so I get it - and think many of the PPs on here get it too. I think asking for support even when it seems silly is okay, that's part of why we're all here. That and to give each other sanity checks, laughter and share good tips and fun stories, among other things.

Arctic_Seal · June 2014

With my daughter who was, honestly never very active in the womb and is very cautious and not super active, comparatively now.. Ex. Even near the end, sitting in a prenatal class, I felt one movement in an hour. Anyway, she would have one really active day and then "sleep" (as in I wouldn't feel her very much at all) for two days.. This got to be enough of a routine that I didn't tend to worry as much.

This kid, however, at this point in time seems to have 2 active days and then "sleeps" for one! Today is a "sleeping" day.

Slapdashalice · June 2014

I am so pleased you posted because I was starting to get nervous and was about to ask you ladies about this subject. Sometimes I feel a lot of kicking and then I can go for 12 hours with nothing and it makes me nervous every time. Sometimes I try to poke my stomach to "wake her up" so I can check she is ok (it doesn't work)!

Then just yesterday she was kicking/punching me in what felt like my asshole/very lower colon and it felt so gross I was PRAYING she would stop lol! You can't win.

ohioloveyou · June 2014

This happened to me too the last two days. I swear I barely felt him and was starting to freak out a bit, but today he's back at it and seems as active as ever! Try not to worry!

cozybluebear · June 2014

Expect it to happen again. When I was pregnant with my son, I'd sometimes go a day or two feeling nothing. My OB told me that sometimes the babies just take a break. Yes, freaks you out! The further along you get, expect less frequent moving because baby is running out of room.

[Deleted User] · June 2014

I have this every now & then, too. It is unsettling! I agree with the PP's that it's likely a positioning thing, where maybe baby is not in such a prominent spot that you'll feel everything as strongly.

Also, there are some posters on here who've replied to similar threads and said movement doesn't get to be consistent until around 28w, at which point your doc may start having you do kick counts. I try to think of this whenever I feel anxious about lack of movement. ((Hugs))

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