PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for September, 2001: Re: 20 weeks pregnant and worried

Re: 20 weeks pregnant and worried

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:45:49 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 18 Sep 2001, shelly wrote: >
>I recently posted a question about my baby not moving at all on
>ultrasound and I have not felt any fluttering. I am 20 weeks 4 days
>now. I know I may not be able to feel anything yet but worried about it
>not moving at all. Every chance I get I lay quietly trying to feel
>something but getting nothing. My anxieties are getting worse.
>Is there anyways to relieve some of this?
>Also if there is a problem like genetic, metabolic, or infectious- how
>will I know?
>Will this cause me to miscarry?
>At what point should My doctor and I be concerned that it isn't moving?
>Does this call for another ultrasound to see if it is moving?
>Please if anyone could help I can't stop worrying..Thank yo for your
>time and knowledge!!
>
>--
>shelly
>

some mothers do not feel the baby move until as late as 22 weeks, though lack of movement on U/S is concerning, thought the baby could just have been sleeping. If movement does not start within a week or two, another U/S would be appropriate. Virtually anything that can be wrong with a pregnancy can effect fetal movement, but at this point there is no reason to be convinced that anything is wrong.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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