Re: 20wks: was movement... now, nothing for 4 days

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One last thing...a little trick I've read about to feel movemement is to drink some orange juice and then lay down on your side. That sometimes works for me.

At Sat, 26 Apr 2003, S.J. wrote: >
>I am concerned because I've been having what I thought was fetal
>movement since week 18. But for the past several days I have felt
>nothing. Every time I thought I felt something, it turned out to be
>gas. I can't get over this overwhelming feeling that something is
>wrong. I had a massage around the time that the movement seemed to
>cease. The therapist did not want to use oil with lavender, so she used
>something else... but it had a very strong smell (like citronella) and
>I'm wondering if that could have caused harm to the baby. I have been
>trying to get it to move by pushing on my tummy... but nothing seems to
>work. Should I be worried? Is it normal at this early stage to feel
>something and then not feel anything? What are the chances that I've had
>a miscarriage. I had an U/S at 17wks and everything was normal (size
>good- due date confirmed, we saw it moving, etc...). I haven't taken
>any drugs or alcohol and have had only small amounts of caffeine (like
>one iced tea a week).

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