20week scan morbib question
hi girlies,
ok i have got my 20week scan on feb 11th and for some strange reason ive started worrying about it, i keep thinking what if my baby has died? how do i know if it has died?
Is this normal?
And if something had happened how would i know? would i have a miscarriage?
I know i sound paranoid but i think its cos i cant feel the baby yet im 18weeks should i be feeling something by now?
ok i have got my 20week scan on feb 11th and for some strange reason ive started worrying about it, i keep thinking what if my baby has died? how do i know if it has died?
Is this normal?
And if something had happened how would i know? would i have a miscarriage?
I know i sound paranoid but i think its cos i cant feel the baby yet im 18weeks should i be feeling something by now?
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This sounds silly but i dont even know who my midwife is or how i contact one.
I am getting paranoid so maybe i should ask for someone to check the babies heartbeat.
Its such a worrying time esp as its my 1st i have no clue whatsoever
Everyone worries about the 20 week scan, I didn't want to go to mine because I was scared something was wrong with the baby...it didn't help that the night before I went I had a real scare! Don't worry - a miscarriage at this stage is so rare. Yes it does happen, and my heart goes out to those it happens to, but it's not common at all. x
you know i was throwing my paranoia around this morning when i posted this??
well i was just sitting at my desk and i felt a popping sensation it felt like a bubble bursting is this the baby or has my mind gone completley mental???
I was exactly the same as you before my 20 week scan especially because I work in a crematorium & am surrounded by death. Just try not to worry yourself, you'll be fine the way you need to look at it is that there are a higher majority of babies born healthily than what there are stillborn so don't panic yourself!
As I say I was petrified before I went for my 20 week scan & the 1st question the MW said was 'have you had much movement' which I hadn't so of course I sh*t myself until she scanned me & said 'awk your placenta is to the front that's why you can't feel the baby too much'.
With my placenta being to the front this todey wee baby was kicking it so no wonder it wasn't coming through to my tummy cause they have no strength! I'm now 29+1 & still don't feel the baby moving that often because my placenta is still at the front so honestly you'll be grand.
PS On the day of my scan the MW told me I was the 3rd person she'd seen who had said they hadn't felt movement & the 3rd with a frontal placenta.
Good luck!
Lauren xx