Ok, 1 day shy. And all the big things seem to be well:
- I'm gaining a decent amount of weight, but surprisingly not too much
- My midwife is happy, not that I've seen her in person since Week 14, but details ... (humorously, I failed to tell Dr. Incompetent in City X I was moving. Nobody from the office has called to schedule another appointment or ask what's going on. Not that I'm surprised).
- No spotting, cramping, etc.
- For that matter, practically no p-symptoms at all, except for one new one. [As for my new p-symptom, well, it's psychosomatic but it's pretty awful: I have an exercise-induced UTI. My bladder can hold practically any amount of water overnight (almost 2 liters yesterday night, I was worried that I was a bit dehydrated) or while sitting through a meal. Or driving. But the moment I start walking I have to pee. Like every 20 minutes. 4 times in one museum. Two emergency-dashes into office buildings in a 45 minute walk. It is truly absurd.]
And, I'm pretty sure, at least 3-4 good hardy kicks this week. All on one day. Verified by JD.
Which leaves me in a rather puzzling situation. Now that I am (clearly) showing, people like to ask about the baby. Does she 'like' hiking? Or ice cream? I don't usually lie about little things for no reason, but every time I admit that I have no idea because I have only felt the baby move once I get the most concerned looks, and it freaks me out. Drs. Google suggest it is ok to not feel 'much' movement at this point, but everyone else seems to. I'm trying not to worry and I'll have another dopplering on Sept. 8th and insist on a growth scan at that point if there's been no dramatic improvement, but at this point it's just terrifying to think that I am at the cusp of viability and might be losing the baby.
Since the beginning I have been panicking about little things which turned out to be fine. I have in fact had a completely healthy, uneventful pregnancy. For goodness sakes, I went hiking today for about 4 hours in the Utah sun and felt great afterwards. It's just that I kept promising myself I didn't need to rent a doppler because I'd be feeling movement any day now. And to realize I'm at 24 weeks and definitely nothing close to daily movement, let alone every 3-4 days is scary. I'm going to try and enjoy the last week of our vacation and ignore these looming thoughts because I know there's still not much that could be done to intervene at this point. And JD keeps telling me that everything else has worked out and I should just trust my body, and his judgment is usually better than mine ... but why can't I find a decent online article which would assure me that women with posterior placentas can have healthy, normal babies they just never feel?
4 comments:
Obviously I have no practical experience here but I strongly think if it's bothering you this much you should do something to ease your mind. It's worth it.
I'm sure JD has great judgement but if trusting him isn't enough for you to feel better right now, do whatever is necessary to make you feel better.
I wonder if you're not just so distracted and active that you're not recognizing all the activity that is taking place. When I was in the 24 week range, I think I was mostly aware of the kicking only when I was at rest.
Maybe that's it?
My sister's baby spent an awful lot of time turned so her back was against the outside world and all her kicking was going inwards, towards her absolutely-not-anterior placenta. So my sister couldn't feel it much until she was nearly 30 weeks. Then she worked out that quite a lot of what she had put down to, variously, wind, hiccups, indigestion, and needing to pee were infact baby girl kicking her.
Big hug. And if going to a doctor and making a fuss makes you feel better, for heaven's sake do that. You feeling better is very important.
I hope you can go to the doctor so you can put your mind at ease. I'm glad you are getting some kicks though - it prove ya got something in there in any case.
As to people asking the baby's preferences - maybe you could just say you haven't had any complaints from her and hope she's this easy going once she's born?
Damn people asking questions.
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