Has anyone ever felt that everything was okay with their pregnancy but it wasn't?

[Ellarae]

This might seem like a weird question, but I've been thinking about it lately. With my last pregnancy, I was consistently measuring 2-3 weeks behind. Then there was no growth for 2 weeks, and then more slow but consistent growth. My dd was born at 41 weeks, and I was measuring 36 cm. My previous pregnancy I had always measured right on, so this was very different.

I know that these measurements aren't always accurate, and I was never worried. I have a lot of faith in my body, and I always felt that my baby was strong and healthy. My midwife was concerned and probably wanted me to get an ultrasound, but I was never comfortable with that. I just knew she was fine. BTW, my dd was 8 lb 4 oz when she was born, she was just well hidden.

I've been thinking about it, and when I look back, I wonder if that was naive, or if I was just in tune with my body and baby and trusted it like I should. So, has anyone ever had this type of situation where they were confident everything was fine, but then it wasn't? Or situations where everything was fine? I'm curious to hear other's stories and opinions.

[danotoyou2]

I had pre-eclampsia in my first pregnancy, and though all turned out fine in the end, I didn't "feel" sick. I only started feeling sick after the doc overdosed me on magnesium sulfate. Before that, I never would have known that my kidneys and liver were having trouble, or that my BP was very high.

I was in early labor at that point, so maybe I just thought all the weirdness was due to labor?

[gcgirl]

Yeah. Our first baby had a rare and serious birth defect, but I wouldn't have known it without the 20-week ultrasound. I was feeling great the whole time - mild nausea, growth right on target, all the right test results, etc. It was a shocker.

[bri276]

My baby had a rare disorder and while no one saw anything wrong during pregnancy, I *knew*. Just knew, the whole time. I know that hasn't been the case for everyone, but many other mothers of special needs children have told me the same thing. In my spiritual beliefs, the spirit/soul of the baby is not constantly in the womb, it travels back and forth between this world and the other side, so I think that could explain why some babies are here more and telling us whether they're okay or not, and why some are simply going about their business and maybe don't want/need us to know anything before they are born. I was also convinced DD was a boy, so who knows? Intuition, like anything, is never 100%