Irregular movements

Emergency monitoring and scan. 

I touch up on my last post that I had to go up to hospital and got sent for a scan due to different patterns of movement with baby. 

First I will say that is any point your worried about babies movement, if they slow down, not as regular or change and you don't feel right go get checked. It's normally nothing to worry about and very common. As baby could of just moved or something however always go get checked just incase. Do not sit and worry. As your midwive or hospital will always say to go in. 

So my movements changed. This little one as been wiggling round alot. I felt the first movements at 13 weeks. Then from around 18 I felt the baby everyday. From about 22 weeks there was a clear pattern. I would feel movement at set times in the day or like every time I had a bath or played music. Our pot of gold was constantly on the go by this point. At least every half hour. Then certain times I would get full body movements limbs pushing put and stretching so much you could see my belly move from the outside. 

Then at 27 weeks I still felt lots of movement just not as much or as strong. It was just small flutters. I then started getting regular rhythmic pattern which I assumed where hiccups. Which is probably is but they were happen alot of longer amounts of time. Then on top of this my bump was going very hard like Braxton Hicks but again more often. 

So I rang the day unit and they told me to come up, where they put me on the monitor for a hour. This measure baby's heartbeat, and movements. It also measure my heart rate. I then had a button I had to press when I felt a movement. Typical that the moment the midwive put the probs for monitor on my bump the baby starting kicking them and moving like they would normally. 

The monitor showed baby was moving lots, I also felt alot of them too. also that both our heart rates where  fine. However because my tummy was still going hard which could be seen on the monitoring too, they booked me a scan just to check baby's growth. They also routinely do this at some hospital if it is the first lot of irregular movements in the pregnancy. 

So two days later I was back up the hospital for the scan. Luckly Ben was able to come, while Ariyah had a play date at her friend's house. Baby was absolutely fine, moving around. The scan showed that their growing well measuring around 2lb 4oz at 28 weeks which is great. So all is well and we were reassured that our pot of gold was all healthy. Since this I had my normal movements of constant wiggling, kicking and body parts pushing out. I feeling much better after being able to see our baby again as it had been 5 weeks since our last scan. 

We do have another private one booked in 3 weeks, for a 4D ultrasound whilst we are in London which will be amazing to see if baby looks like Nico or Ariyah. We can't wait as she can come to this scan too so she get to see her sibling too. As she definitely starting to understand more now we talking about the baby. We are trying to prepare her for the change but how she will be a big sister who can't help and who is very important. 

We have been sorting more of the house, baby bits and general things out. So feeling productive at the moment, being busy with lots to sort out. I think I am finially getting to the nesting stage where I just want everything sorted. While it also means I am doing to much.