Reduced movements - again!

I haven’t been in your exact situation but if movement continues to be low they will advice an induction.

@Christina yeah I thought they might. Wondered when this would be seeing as I’m booked in for 2 weeks today anyway.. maybe they’ll just bring it forward. Feel anxious and can’t seem to shift the feeling that something is wrong 😢

Hi lovely, same gestation and similar issue for me too. I am being seen on day unit every other day this week for CTGs and scans and have be offered induction. x

@Charlotte what happens when you’re on a day where you’re at home and not being monitored and you don’t feel movement? I’m so worried something could happen in that time. Good luck lovely 💖 when is your induction for?

@Lucy They just said to come straight in and not to wait for the next day. It’s such a worrying time. xx

@Charlotte thank you. I should’ve gone in last night really as I was worried but as I had this appointment I didn’t. But equally they say to never wait. I just wish I had more of a concrete plan 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hi lovely I’m 37+3 with repeated low movement episodes which they’re putting down to my antirior placenta. I’ve had over night monitoring at 34+5 and it is not comfy but it’s good to know they’re okay. I now go for monitoring at my hospital 3 times a week (rough every other day) to make sure she is okay and I’m getting induced Monday because it’s safest to just get her out now we’re at the end

@Chloé thank you, that’s reassuring. It’s such a minefield I’m trying to trust my gut but at the same time it’s difficult to know what’s right or wrong. Wondering if they may induce me at 38 weeks x

@Lucy it’s a bit of a process to be allowed to! I’m lucky if I feel her once a day so at about 28 weeks I put my foot down and said I need a care plan because I can’t be coming back and forth from triage like this so often ans that’s when they said we will give you an appointment to be monitored 3 times a week to make sure she’s okay! From talking to the midwife I said look I don’t know when I should call. I get that I should go with my gut or whatever but if she wasn’t okay I wouldn’t know ans that’s just so scary. (I said this to the midwife I see at the monitoring) she said if this is a massive faff for you and it’s super anxiety inducing to not know if she’s okay, let’s put you in for a referal with the (medical name starting with o 😂) dr to discuss inducing you from 37 weeks so she put that referal in for me and that was at 34 weeks it took another week to get the appointment and another week wait until the appointment which finally was last week at 36 weeks…..

…..that dr said yep I want her induced at 37 weeks (would’ve been Monday) but her boss has to sign off all induction approvals and her boss said no make it 38 weeks (this coming Monday.) So it’s been a bit of a process me and the midwife team had had to push for it. I don’t lnow ans I would assume that all hospitals are a bit different but I would 1000000% go to triage next time you haven’t felt her for more than 4 hours ans say I’m up ans down from here all the time. It’s so anxiety inducing I can’t just “listen to my gut” I’ve had repeated low moment episodes please can I have a care plan or planned induction because of this xx

@Chloé really pleased you put your foot down and advocated for yourself. Think sometimes we need to do that! I mean if the wait was that long I could have had them by then naturally 😂 thanks for sharing though i feel a bit more confident being forthcoming with how I feel xx

@Lucy it is ALWAYS worth trying!! My service might just be a bit rubbish!