Post by housecarder on May 25, 2016 12:42:02 GMT -5
I think I've got quite the trickster on my hands. Sam had been very quiet all last night and this morning, it was starting to make me nervous because usually after I eat my breakfast he starts moving all around. I decided to get out the doppler just to ease my mind and apparently the little bugger is either sideways or has his head up in my ribs now because his heartbeat was above my belly button. And of course as soon as I got back downstairs and put my feet up he gave me a couple good jabs! He's already working on giving me gray hairs and isn't even out yet, definitely going to have my hands full with this one.
Just a word of caution, at this point if you feel a lack of movement and are truly concerned go get checked out and don't rely on the Doppler. You did the right thing, and got movement, but if you hadn't, even after hearing his heartbeat, that's a cause for concern and a reason to call.
I'll spoiler the awful part.
There was a horrific story on my other bmb, and I won't give the details because it's not my story, but basically the mom was concerned about movement, but found the heartbeat and thought everything was fine. Baby had a cord accident and she lost him. She urged us to never rely on the Doppler and take changes/reductions in movement seriously because there was a chance they could have saved him if she'd gone in.
I've read her story before and it makes me cry every time. I can't imagine what she went through.