23w2d- Fetal Monitoring

Now that Courtney is aware of the baby's daily movement patterns, she is equally concerned when the pattern of movement is "off"....Yesterday she waited and waited and waited for baby Nevaeh to wake up and start moving around.....so much waiting that Courtney got out the fetal doppler to listen to the heartbeat.  Sure enough, Nevaeh had a nice strong heartbeat, but was still sleeping since no movement could be detected through the doppler.  Of course, Courtney was still concerned, but I reminded her that babies do sleep a lot plus she has an anterior placenta which will cushion many of the baby's movements!  Last night, Nevaeh finally decided to wake up when Mommy laid down on her right side and had her left arm draped over her belly.  The baby started kicking at Mommy's arm........What a relief to all of us!