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Re: 20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement From: Joseph Pastorek, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:44:59 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: 20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement" Previous message: Jean: "Re: insufficient weight gain" In reply to: Anna: "20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement" Next in thread: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: 20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement" At Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Anna wrote: > >This is my second pregnancy, and I don't feel much movement at all from >this one, and the things I do feel I am wondering if it is the baby. >With my first I could definitely feel a lot of movement at this time. I >saw the baby's heartbeat and saw it move on the ultrasound at 18 weeks, >and the sonographer said the placenta was on the top. Could that be why >I am not feeling much? Anna, By your comment that the placenta is "on top", I assume you mean "in front" or anterior. If that's the case, then that is probably why you feel the baby less. When the placenta is anterior, or in front of the baby, it keeps you from feeling the baby in your abdomen in front, where you would normally feel it. Generally speaking, from my experience, women who have anterior placentas may not feel much fetal movement until 20-22 weeks or so... whereas if the placenta is not anterior, then they start feeling things at 16-17 weeks, which is probably what you remember from your last pregnancy. Dr. Joe -- ************************************************* doctorjoe@aol.com "All things are connected. Joseph Pastorek, MD Some things are just more 4816 Wade Drive connected than others." Metairie, LA 70003-2716 - Dirk Gently U.S.A. FAX (504) 885-8206 co-editor: Medscape Women's Health http://www.medscape.com Louisiana state representative: OBGYN.net http://www.obgyn.net see http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/pastorek.htm ************************************************* Next message: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: 20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement" Previous message: Jean: "Re: insufficient weight gain" In reply to: Anna: "20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement" Next in thread: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: 20 weeks pregnant and still not able to feel much movement"

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