Anterior Placenta?

[cbowl]

Hi!  Any of you ladies have an anterior placenta?  I have felt very little movement...just a couple light kicks on and off throughout the days.  At my a/s the tech said I have an anterior placenta which my doctor says explains why I don't feel that much movement.  Just wanting to see if anyone else is having similar experiences?  I get nervous that I don't feel that much although I realize I will as the baby gets bigger.

[thekatezombie]

I have an anterior placenta too. I'm fairly certain I did with ZombieBoy as well, but I felt a lot more movement with him because I think he's just more of a mover than ZombieGirl. Anyway, I really didn't feel a ton of movement for a while there. It's just started to pick up over the last two weeks, but I can still go for pretty long periods without feeling much. I'm 23 weeks and change now. I just checked the roster and it looks like you're due Claire to the end of the month, so you might also find over the next week or two that things pick up.

[fem]

I do. No one told me but I just saw it on my online chart. It surprised me because I've actually been feeling a lot, but when I thought about it everything I felt is really low.

[pismoduo]

May 15, 2016 12:59:40 GMT -5 fem said:

I do. No one told me but I just saw it on my online chart. It surprised me because I've actually been feeling a lot, but when I thought about it everything I felt is really low.

+1. My doctor, like yours, mentioned it might mean I felt less movement until later on in the pregnancy, but I've actually been feeling a lot and it's all low down. Like, sometimes it feels like she's drop kicking me in the cervix.

Now, that's not to say that you not feeling a lot is not normal. I could just be growing the karate kid in there.

[sodapop]

I've had an anterior placenta the 1st time around. I didn't feel anything until about 22 weeks. I don't have one this time and the difference is huge. I wouldn't worry too much.

[mc13]

I had an anterior placenta with DD1 and felt tiny bumps until about 22 weeks then it really started to pick up. I have one this time too with the twins but it's on the front to my right side so I feel lots of movement on my left and pretty much nothing on the right (currently 22w, 3D).

And it's nothing to worry about. It won't cause any problems. Just muffles the feeling of kicks and pokes.

[lpj]

I had an anterior placenta last time and didn't feel much movement at any point really. I ended up going in for monitoring a couple of times near the end because of 'reduced movement', but once they got the monitor on it showed DD was moving like crazy and I just wasn't feeling it. I'm amazed this time by the difference.

[Deleted]

I had one last time. Felt very little movement most of the pregnancy unless he was moving to the side. I too ended up going in around 37 weeks because I hadn't felt anything for 24 hours, turns out he had flipped head down and the way he was moving was being blocked by my placenta.

[hurricanerek]

I've had one for both pregnancies. Honestly, I felt movement at 17 and 15 weeks respectively. I think it has to do more with the fact that I carry really far forward with my babies though. The beginning movements always feel pretty low.

[singingsea]

I had an anterior placenta with my first. I think it wasn't until 23/24 weeks that I felt some solid kicks.

[kerbear]

I've got anterior. I started feeling the teeniest of movements at 17w only at night if I was stationary watching TV. At 22w now, I feel her a few times throughout the day

[caz1221]

I have an anterior placenta (I didn't when I was pregnant with DD) - I definitely didn't feel movement as early this time around, and now that I can feel it, it seems slightly more muffled, but it's definitely there (baby just started kicking/punching me as I was typing).

[cbowl]

Thanks y'all! Movement is different this time and it sounds normal. My doc said it's like the baby needs to kick through a mattress so everything will be muffled. I really appreciate all your thoughts!