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Seizures in utero?
Tue, 07/05/2005 - 13:47When I was pregnant at about 7months, I complained to my doctor that I would feel rhytmic motions during the day in my womb. They felt like small flutters, very rhytmic and frequent (not like when the baby would kick me) and they would go away and come back almost each day. The doctor even felt my stomach when it was happening, and said that it's possible the baby had "hiccups." During this time, I was also checked for maternal diabetes and was told that the "baby" was causing the problem and I was not diabetic. When my daughter developed a stroke at 4months (later infantile spasm) and hypoglycemia, I was asked about any distress during pregnancy and told the neuro about the hiccups. He said it was possible the baby was seizing in the womb already and the hiccups were seizures. Did anyone else have this or similar type of experience during pregnancy?
Re: Seizures in utero?
Submitted by TiffanyMarie on Sat, 2009-09-26 - 11:14
I am almost 7 months pregnant and I have a 3 year old son from a previous relationship. Last night I felt strong fast repetitious movements for about a minute and a half. I never felt anything like that before. My son had a stroke before he was born but thankfully has no long term effects from it, aside from being left handed. My fiance, the father of this baby, has a daughter from his previous relationship who also had a stroke, but after she was born. She has a few mild things that we think could be associated with the stroke, but have not yet been evaluated for it. This is just making me nervous i felt this last night, and I have been a basket case ever since. I called my dr, and spoke with the dr on call and he said there is no problem going and getting it checked out, but my question is would it be worth it?? Are they just going to tell me it's nothing to worry about?? It's unbelievable how dr's can just easily say how it's nothing to worry about, but yet I'm still going to be worried till you tell me what the heck is going on... I need some advice!!