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Re:In-Reply-To: <anonymous@obgyn.net>

From: Suzanne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 09:46:40 -0500


At 04:20 PM 12/27/00 -0600, you wrote: >I was wanting to ask you a question, I'm 4 months pregant with my second
>child and my afterbirth is laying lower and it is causing cramping, what
>causes this and also, I can't feel the baby move when the doctor took
>ultrasounds the baby was fine but I'm concered why I can't feel the baby
>move, am I to early in the pregants or what is going on. Please write me
>back and tell me what you think, Thanks

A low-lying placenta is fairly insignificant at this point in your pregnancy. It does not cause cramping, but it is normal for you to have cramping at this point -- as your uterus (a muscle) grows, the ligaments that are attached to it have to stretch, and that can cause a painful cramping sensation. As far as feeling the baby move, it is probably too early. You didn't say how many weeks you are, but women normally feel the first movements between 17 and 24 weeks. It is very light at first, and doesn't happen very often. If the placenta is on the front of the uterus, or if you are overweight, it may be later before you feel movements much.

--
Suzanne S. Powell
childbirth educator, doula,
student midwife, and scrapbook consultant
Peachtree City, GA

http://www.AtlantaDoula.com

http://www.gamidwifery.org




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