Hey mamas,
This is actually a question for a friend of mine who is now 21 wks along. She has been starting to feel the baby move and then went a couple days without feeling him. So she called the dr and they said that she may have a harder time feeling movement bc her placenta is in front. They told her to lie on her back after dinner and she did and she was able to feel the baby move then. Anyone ever heard of or had the placenta in front. Her dr did not seem concerned or anything, she just has never heard of this and neither have I. She asked me to ask you ladies about any experience with this. Thanks!
I had this with my daughter. It did take longer for me to feel her move. I eventually felt a LOT of movement.
My daughter was breech during the last several weeks of my prenancy. And so the doctors would try to see if she had turned by feeling my stomach. They kept saying that they thought she turned because they thought they felt the butt (which is soft) and I kept saying, I don't think she turned, I think that is the head because it feels like the it is shoved in my ribs. It turned out that what they were feeling was the placenta that she her head was laying on like a pillow. It was not the typical location for a placenta, but besides her not being able to turn during a version due to this, there were no complications for the baby.
Mine was like this with my 1st. Not a big deal, I just did have to wait longer to feel the baby move. I also didn't see my stomach move like some women do when the baby gets bigger but it didn't really matter. In the end I had a happy healthy baby boy and that's what I wanted all along.
I had an anterior placenta with my 5th baby. It really is no big deal. In my case, it may have been a part of what took him so long to finally turn head down, and it did muffle kicks for a little while, but nothing worrisome!
It can make a c-section a bit more complicated for doctors if she needs one, but they certainly know how to handle that.
This happened with our last pregnancy (he's now 8 months.) I didn't really feel him kick till about 23 or 24 weeks. BUMMER! And even then, they were nothing like I remembered with our first 2 kids. Doctor said it was no big deal. Just a lot of cushion for the baby to have to kick through for me to feel it.
Mine is anterior also... it makes the baby movements seem like they are stifled by a pillow. But if baby kicks or moves on the sides or back - it's a clear feeling.
One of my twins' placenta was in front. I would feel his brother kick all day and night, but I thought he was less active. It wasn't until I was getting my twice-weekly NSTs that the nurse told me the placenta was in front, which means it cushions the kicks and you don't feel as much. Medically, there is nothing wrong with it at all.
I had an anterior placenta with my DD and I guess from what other moms that I had talked to said that they felt their little one kick/move sooner than I did. It wasnt until close to 18 weeks maybe that I knew for sure that it was the baby moving and not gas but when she kicked I felt it. Other than the long(er) wait at the beginning to feel her move it was totally normal and is perfectly normal. My husband also had to wait a bit longer than average to be able to feel her moving
Good Luck to your friend and Congrats
