where is the baby?!
Hi mums and bumps
I had a bit of a nightmare day yesterday. I had to take Abby my 4 year old to see the nurse and while we were there Abby asked the nurse if she could hear the baby's heartbeat so the nurse said yes we were her last paitents for the morning clinic and she got her doppler out etc etc but couldnt find the heartbeat, so she called the dr in and he tried and he couldnt find it either. I wasnt too worried because I had only felt the baby move an hour before but it was still a bit unsettling. So the dr said to go home and to come back in a couple of hours which I did and he found the heartbeat within seconds! So must have just been the way the baby was lying..little monkey.
Anyway, the dr said that the baby was quite low down and when he found the heartbeat the doppler was just above my pubic bone but all the kicks I feel are all either around my belly button or above it, sometimes they're a bit lower but more often than not it around my belly button. So where is the baby?! I'm 23 weeks tomorrow, surely the baby isnt long enough yet to have its head in my pubic bone but its arms and legs near my belly button? I dont understand! Does the doppler have to be on the baby's chest for them to get the heartbeat?
Sorry this is a bit of a rambling post but I'm a bit confused!
xxx
I had a bit of a nightmare day yesterday. I had to take Abby my 4 year old to see the nurse and while we were there Abby asked the nurse if she could hear the baby's heartbeat so the nurse said yes we were her last paitents for the morning clinic and she got her doppler out etc etc but couldnt find the heartbeat, so she called the dr in and he tried and he couldnt find it either. I wasnt too worried because I had only felt the baby move an hour before but it was still a bit unsettling. So the dr said to go home and to come back in a couple of hours which I did and he found the heartbeat within seconds! So must have just been the way the baby was lying..little monkey.
Anyway, the dr said that the baby was quite low down and when he found the heartbeat the doppler was just above my pubic bone but all the kicks I feel are all either around my belly button or above it, sometimes they're a bit lower but more often than not it around my belly button. So where is the baby?! I'm 23 weeks tomorrow, surely the baby isnt long enough yet to have its head in my pubic bone but its arms and legs near my belly button? I dont understand! Does the doppler have to be on the baby's chest for them to get the heartbeat?
Sorry this is a bit of a rambling post but I'm a bit confused!
xxx
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