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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Had a breakdown last night and called my doctor.  He said there is no credible evidence out there showing that fetal hiccups are related to cord compression.  Since I already had a reassuring BPP this week, as well as a good NST on Friday, he said baby is ok.  Also, I've been making kick counts when I do them.  I still couldn't sleep very well last night for fear I would miss movement.

It took so much to get this pregnancy that this home stretch (I am 33 weeks) is going to be really scary and worrisome.  [/quote]

OP, is it possible that you are hanging on to all of the fears and things that could go wrong as a way to prevent yourself from getting too invested should something actually GO wrong?

I agree that telling a stress case (said kindly) to "relax" is about as helpful as telling someone with insomnia to take a nap. But, the irony is, stress is bad for you AND baby, who is just fine, by the way.

I posted before. Have you tried to reign in the amount of time you spend thinking about scary things? Like, let yourself think about the scary stuff that could happen, get a reasonable perspective on it, then control what you can? For me, that would mean being sure to sleep on my left side (since your particular fear is fetal death at night - though I think that doc you found on the internet might be a loon...) but still, sleep on your left side for optimal blood flow to baby. Get decent exercise, eat healthy, and pay attention to fetal movement if it helps (it drove me nuts, so my doc said to stop doing it, and I gladly did, since my baby didn't move as much to begin with first time around).

Well, good luck with everything. I think you need to work on calming strategies for yourself. You are in the home stretch! The odds are really on your side, honey. Look around you at these billion plus other human beings. They all survived the fetal stage - some of them (many of them!) without so much as a BPP or ultrasound. I know that tragedy can and does strike, but worrying away the joy in your pregnancy is one way to make SURE that it does, at least to some degree, rob you of something. [/quote]

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