LaNa

Hello everybody
I'm kinda new on this board and i was wondering if u could help me with an advice.
I'm almost 21 weeks pregnant with my first child and still havent felt anything that i can say for sure its the baby.Last Monday I had my big scan and found out im having a girl.Everything seemed to be fine with the lil girl and my placenta is posterior so it means it couldnt be cushioning the kicks.
I'm very depressed and fear that something might happened to my baby since i havent felt much movements.Earlier i was feeling lil flutters when i sit down,but nothing now.

Any thought/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

Mamarama

One of things that drives pregnant women crazy is worrying about their baby's health based on kicking and movement. It's possible that with the posterior placenta the feelings of kicks could be muffled somewhat - it's also possible that you just aren't feeling much of anything beyond "flutterings" as you describe (which is totally normal at 21 weeks). If you just had a sonogram and you saw that the baby was healthy, then that is good news. If you really feel "nothing" you can ask to have the heart tones checked just to quell your worries. But the most important thing is trusting that everything will be fine. It's very rare for a baby to just suddenly "expire" while in utero; and if in the very UNLIKELY case that does happen, there's really not a thing you could do about it. So try to have some trust and faith in your baby's lifeforce and that all will be well.