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Comment on Chloe’s Story by Darren Bayliss Spiritual Medium

Darren Bayliss Spiritual Medium — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:29:01 +0000

[...] the loss of my first baby Chloe in 2009 (read Chloe’s story)I decided to start a campaign to empower and inform expectant Mothers throughout pregnancy. During [...]

Comment on An Itchy Hunch The Saved My Baby by Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:05:01 +0000

I had itching with my 2nd child turned out 2 be oc hospital had me in straight away im pregnant again and itchin has been on goin im due in 2 weeks av kept demandin blood tests and my bile acids are only raisin slightly but itchin still there and this babies small i hope they avnt got my results wrong

Comment on Home by Please tell me if this is normal????? am i worrying too much

Please tell me if this is normal????? am i worrying too much — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:16:15 +0000

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Family fun Day 8th July 2012 | Count The Kicks — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:07:53 +0000

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Comment on Membership by Meet Us At The Baby Show | Count The Kicks

Meet Us At The Baby Show | Count The Kicks — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:18:54 +0000

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Comment on Christina & Sophie’s Story by zoe harper

zoe harper — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:00:29 +0000

Hi Christina,
I’m so pleased to hear you have a happy ending to your story despite some of Sophie’s health concerns. My story is also on CTK and it seems we had the same complications. We had a fetal-maternal haemorrhage, which means Eva bleed into me. Sadly we didn’t get to the hospital in time and we lost her at 40wks+5.
Since loosing her we have found out from the CTK web page that all the symptoms I felt prior having her were warning signs of problems, and I am so upset that this education wasn’t provided to me when I was pregnant, as we may be in a very different situation right now.
I had an erratic movement followed by a dramatic slow down in movement, but at the time I wasn’t paying enough attention to what was going on. I was busy doing my day to day business and although I noticed there wasn’t as much movement when I was sitting quietly I didn’t realise this was anything to be concerned about. After all I was getting some movement……we all know no movement is bad, but I didn’t know change in pattern or movement type was anything to be worried about. At the back of my mind I thought my midwife would have advised me of things to be concerned about.
My little Eva was a real mover, kicking and turning lots throughout the day, but like you especially at night and at quiet times.
About 10 days before her due date I felt a very strange erratic movement. At the time I questioned it, but talked myself out of bothering the hospital, because I knew they were busy and said to myself its a movement and movements are good. I look back now and I can clearly see this is when things changed. Movements slowed right down and became less feisty, and she wasn’t moving nearly as much when I was quiet. I was probably getting the odd arm or leg slightly pushing my tummy, but nothing like prior to that erratic behaviour. I did report a slow down at my next 2 appointments, but was told by 2 different midwives this was normal, because baby had less room. I was also asked if I was getting 10 movements a day; I thought about it and yes i was getting roughly 10 a day. There was also a heart beat on the doppler and all my other checks were fine, so I was satisfied and thought no more of it.
I now realise how ridiculous that question is “are you getting 10 movements a day?”. Every baby is different, so how is that a good measurement of my babies health or anyone else’s for that matter? Had they asked about how much it had slowed down, were the patterns different or have you felt anything unusual, it would have got my thinking and highlighted a problem to me and my midwife. Or if I had simply been provided with the education when pregnant I would have known my symptoms were signs of problems.
My guilt that I left my baby suffering inside me for 10+ days, whilst she was bleeding to death, eats away at me 10 months on. I should have trusted my instincts about that erratic movement, but then how was I to know?? It was my first baby I didn’t know what was normal and what wasn’t.
My aim now is to help this information reach all pregnant mothers. We learn about Downs, cot death and Spinabifida when we’re pregnant, so why not stillbirth prevention. Informing women can only help them make an educated decision on their babies health. Perhaps the reason why so many of us call in unnecessarily is because we don’t have all the facts and our minds can run away with us.
The most important thing is that babies arrive into this world safely and mums-to-be need to know when to be concerned and make that call.
It is so important so know your own baby and report any changes immediately.
By the time Eva stopped moving it was too late.
love to you & little Sophie, she’s a very special little girl.
zoe
xx
xx

Comment on Home by Pregnancy anxiety

Pregnancy anxiety — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:13:16 +0000

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Comment on Lancet Series Report on Stillbirth by Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:48:54 +0000

My first baby was stillborn at 39 weeks + 5 days & like many women I also believed the old wives tale that babys movements slow down before birth. Thankfully I’ve had 2 successful pregnancies since & praise God every day for my precious daughters. The NHS staff & dedicated Subsequent Pregnancy Support Unit & Midwife could not have been more helpful. Each time I felt any kind of slowing down they were so helpful, supportive & ready to put me on a trace for the babys heartbeat.

Comment on Lancet Series Report on Stillbirth by Jo

Jo — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:15:43 +0000

We lost our beautiful boy Fraser who was stillborn at 33 weeks. I had no idea really just how crucial those movements were. This sounds silly because I’m a paediatric nurse but it was my first pregnancy and I thought like you that it was “normal” for those movements to slow down.
My mothr in law told me that it was my fault because we’d bought the pram before the baby was born. No I will never forgive her. Or myself for not knowing.