Baby movements

So I’m now officially 22 weeks pregnant with baby number 2 and I’m still yet to feel him move. I had my 20 week scan not last week but the week before and everything seemed fine but have a repeat scan tomorrow due to not getting a proper measurement of his face. I’ve been told I have an anterior placenta too. Should I start getting worried yet ?? With my first baby my placenta was at the back and I felt him move around the 20 week mark. I’m just really paranoid as I have fertility issues as it is and have had miscarriages in the past and I’m classed as a high risk pregnancy with this one as I have strep B and I had gestational hypertension and pre eclampsia with my first baby so I’m on shared care with this pregnancy and I’m also on aspirin too which was prescribed by the hospital to take to prevent with this pregnancy.

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Hey, if it helps I also have an anterior placenta and I feel very little movement (I’m 22 weeks) second baby - sometimes I find I can feel little movements on my sides. I’m sure everything is fine. Good luck x

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I’m just really paranoid as I’ve felt nothing at all. I will be definitely mentioning it tomorrow thank you x

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They say up to 24 weeks before you start feeling movement with an anterior placenta

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Definitely mention at your appointment if you're ever concerned always contact your midwife/maternity triage. They usually say should start feeling from at least 24 weeks as baby getting bigger but keep an eye on it 😊. If you sit on the sofa to rest anytime have a cold drink and see if you can feel any flutters

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I'm 20 weeks with an anterior placenta, second baby and only feel movements for maybe 20 minutes a day currently and only when laid in a very specific position in bed, kicks are very low behind my previous c-section scar and are still quite faint!
It's super easy to worry, I do often but I also had an anterior with my first baby and know it just takes abit of extra time and fully depends how baby is positioned too🙂

If in doubt though always get checked as others have said, even if just for peace of mind x

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Anterior placenta too and only started feeling movements daily at 23 weeks, before that literally once or twice a week of that, now she's moving loads at 24 weeks!

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How did it go? 🩷

I am 21 weeks and have an anterior placenta so also only feel quite subtle soft movements a few times a day, maybe more in the evening (when I’m still).
This is despite having a really active baby on the scan!!

Hope everything turned out okay for you xxx

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