I literally have never called my doctor to ask any medical question regarding either pregnancy...until today. [Except after I was overdue with Ollie to ask if I was in labor...I was.]
I'm so worry free and always have been so healthy it takes a lot to freak me out.
Miss Scarlett, the already princess she is, decided not to move AT ALL this morning. I don't mean for an hour or 2. I mean I woke up at 4:45 am and realized I didn't feel any movement around 9:15. By 10:15 still nothing even after drinking ice cold water, eating sweets and poking the heck out of my belly. I can usually find the hard spot that is her and nudge her awake. Not today though. I mentioned it to a co-worker that has a 2 year old and an almost 1 year old and she said to at least call. I hadn't even considered it but thought I'd give it another hour, just in case. I didn't want to be the lady that called the doctor and had the baby start moving after being told to go to L&D.
I did wait it out until 11 then called. It's VERY unlike her to not move for that long. Not even a tiny movement. I'm taking nada, zip, no baby! I got a bit scared, but was told to go into Labor & Delivery to get monitored.
LUCKILY they picked up her heart beat right away, which was the sweetest most beautiful sound a mother could hear. She didn't budge for a good 5 minutes but then finally decided to move a tiny bit. It wasn't hard enough for me to feel, but the monitor could detect it. She did end up giving me some swift, hard kicks FINALLY! Not until late afternoon did I get my normal kicks and they've been going ever since.
I still feel like I overreacted but the nursing staff was so nice. My nurse told me that 99% of the time the baby is fine. But you never know if you'll be in that 1% unless you check. I love my hospital! I never once felt like I was wasting their time.
Here's to 3 more months of a perfectly healthy pregnancy and a beautiful baby girl.
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