i think something is wrong with my baby and the doctors are not telling me!!!?

Question

hey everyone...i'm 35 weeks pregnant and i went to the doctor today for my check up.. i been to the hospital 4 times in the past month havin contractions anywhere from 10 min to 3 min apart everything was different my doctor wants me to try to keep the baby as long as possible when i completly understand but today was just my regular check up they called me back peed in a cup took my blood pressure weight all that good stuff and then put me in a room. the nurse said we are goin to monitor the baby heart beat for a little while then the doctor kim came in and put the baby heart monitor on i asked her if something was wrong and she said now we just want to monitor the heart beat for about 25-30 min and i said ok well doctor kim came back in about 25 min later look at the heart beat paper comin out the machine and said hmmm i asked what the hmm was for and she showed me that the baby heart beat was stayin around 140 or so but every few min the heart beat would drop below 70 i asked if that was good or bad she said well it could be the baby just kickin or grabing the cord but it could be something else so we went to go do a sonogram doctor kim and a nurse are in there doing the sonogram and said there was not much ambiotic fluid around the baby i'm not sure what that means i aksed her if that was ok and she said yes but then started talkin to the nurse again and i couldn't hear them then my other doctor came in doctor wolf which will deliever my baby she said whats going on doctor kim tells him about the heart beat and they talk together her for a few min then doctor wolf says i'm putting you on bed rest dont get up to do anything but eat and go to the restroom i said ok the doctor then said he wanted to see me back in 2 days to monitor me again i asked him if something was wrong and she said no...but it kinda sounded like something was he also told me to lay on my left side and feel for the baby kick if i dont feel the baby kick at least 20 times by this afternoon then call him...we then left the doctor but i'm so worried do any of yall have any advice on any of this...is it all normal or what i'm so scared....

Answer 1

hi!

Oh poor you, being left to go feeling like this!

It sounds FINE- very normal.

It is hard to get a 'good trace' because babies move a lot!

The paper was the heartbeat which sounds normal; good and strong. And yes when baby wriggled away it will drop- even can register as 0!

This monitoring is just as a precaution and it is great they are doing this to put your mind at rest, but it is nothing serious. Honestly;all mums are paranoid of course, we cannot see our baby and dont want anything wgoing wrong. But all sounds normal. They wont hide things from you! Take care ANd good luck

Answer 2

Relax, there is nothing wrong with shrimp, first of all. Caffeine is related to a lot of miscarriages but I am not sure about birth defects. The morning after pill does not affect an existing pregnancy, that is why it is safe to take. They would not let you take it as a contraceptive if it would hurt the baby if the egg ended up making it to the uterus. They will give you a due date at the ultrasound. The doctor will be able to tell if they see any physical birth defects in the ultrasound, and you will probably have a few others where they will check too. They do important tests between 15 and 18 weeks to check for some genetic defects.

Answer 3

They basically did tell you there was a possibility something was wrong. They're experienced doctors who know that its not smart to worry an expectant mother without a good reason. They're telling you to moniter your baby and stay laying down because they weren't sure that something was wrong. Low fluid can be a big deal, or no deal at all. The heartrate thing could be what your doctor said, the baby messing with the cord.

Do as your doctors said and if you have anymore problems call them. Its very possible that nothing is wrong and you'll continue to have a normal pregnancy.

Best of luck!

Answer 4

Sounds to me a non stress test.

OK I know your scared, But what they were doing was ruling out a possible c-section because that's dangerous when your baby heart rate have dips. But apparently it wasn't that many since they only put you on bed rest.



I work in OB/GYN and we do that alot. It saves you time from setting in the hospital when we can do that observation in the office.

If your baby become less active drink something and if he/she don't move at least 10 times in an hour after you drank something go to the hospital.



You will be OK. Everyone worries when they get that treatment in the ob office but if your home you will be OK.

Answer 5

of course something is slightly wrong here. they told you that there was low fluid around the baby. the heart beat may be varying more than normal.



look, i dont want to scare you, if it was big time serious they would not have let you leave. if it was REALLY serious they would do a C section and get the baby out.



do what your doctors tell you, keep pressure on them to be honest with you and let you know what is going on. it is your baby and your right to know.



keep in mind part of thier job is to make sure you dont get too stressed out. have your partner ask some questions when your not present. compare info.

Answer 6

They did a Non Stress test. It is just that. It measures how much stress the baby is under at that time. Just do what they told you to do, everything should be fine. This happens alot. Not really that something is "wrong" just maybe not "perfect". Does that make sense?

Answer 7

if ur worried, call the doctor back & tell him u havt felt baby kick, they will then bring u in & u can have baby monitered again & ask as many questions as u want

Answer 8

They just did a non stress test. just follow your drs orders and stay on your left side so the blood will flow better and keep count. im sure that if anything was seriously wrong, they would rtell you

Answer 9

it could be a irregualr heart beat but im no doctor, sounds like something could of been wrong but surely if they were really concerned they wold of sent you to the hospital,, dont worry and relax the end is near.....