I am due in a month and lately the baby hasn't been moving much. She moves once in a while but, not near as much as she used to. I know things might be a little cramped in there. Is this normal, not having much movement this far along?
As baby gets bigger, less movement?
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Yep, the baby is running out of room to move. Just make sure she doesn't go more than 12 hours without moving, if she does, call your doctor/midwife.
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sparassidae
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When it gets cramped, the baby's movements will definitely change. Instead of 'kick kick kick' you will get 'nudge poke'. Instead of rolling over you will feel a shoulder stretching, or the head pressing down. So in this way the movements will seem less (but more painful 
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The baby will usually move more when you are resting (or asleep), so if you think there has not been much movement the recommendation (at least here in Aus) is to lie down quietly on your left side with a drink of water, and just stay still (read a book or something) for about an hour. In that hour you should feel about 10 movements I think it is.
Certainly if you lie down like that and the baby hasn't moved at all after an hour, or only once or twice, then you should call your doctor or midwife (whoever is handling your antenatal care).
Note: this is just the advice I've been given during 4 pregnancies, I'm not an expert!
Hope this helps.
)The baby will usually move more when you are resting (or asleep), so if you think there has not been much movement the recommendation (at least here in Aus) is to lie down quietly on your left side with a drink of water, and just stay still (read a book or something) for about an hour. In that hour you should feel about 10 movements I think it is.
Certainly if you lie down like that and the baby hasn't moved at all after an hour, or only once or twice, then you should call your doctor or midwife (whoever is handling your antenatal care).
Note: this is just the advice I've been given during 4 pregnancies, I'm not an expert!
Hope this helps.
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Hmmm, well, that'd make some sense, though definitely is not my case. Sometimes it feels like she's growing right out of my stomach...... This is my third and I don't remember getting this big with my first two. The doc wants me monitoring her movement and tells me to pay attention after large meals, that she should move within half an hour, and if doesn't then should move within the next half hour, and if doesn't then I'm supposed to go to the ob triage in hospital.... Sure enough, she's quite active after I eat.
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Yeah mine feels like he is trying to punch his way out the side of my stomach.
IF only he would listen to me when I tell him that isnt the right way and he is just causing himself frustration and me pain!
IF only he would listen to me when I tell him that isnt the right way and he is just causing himself frustration and me pain!
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lol - mine feels like that.
Or else the baby's butt seems to push out really really hard
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Apparently when my mom was carrying me i used to dig my elbow right under her ribs - she couldn't get it moved and it hurt lol - i was obviously such a nice child lol
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I have read over and over and over again to let your caregiver know about noticeably decreased fetal movement. So that's honestly all I can think of when I read your OP.
HOWEVER, there have been full days when I haven't felt much movement. I just laid down and rubbed my belly and waited for baby to move so I could be relieved.
Lately, the baby is trying to bust out.
HOWEVER, there have been full days when I haven't felt much movement. I just laid down and rubbed my belly and waited for baby to move so I could be relieved.
Lately, the baby is trying to bust out.
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Sometimes I don't feel her move but, just pain or discomfort and I'll have an awkward hard bump in my belly that goes away after a minute or so, I know it's her and that she does move. I hardly felt her for week or so then low and behold in the docs office ....When it gets cramped, the baby's movements will definitely change. Instead of 'kick kick kick' you will get 'nudge poke'. Instead of rolling over you will feel a shoulder stretching, or the head pressing down. So in this way the movements will seem less (but more painful
The baby will usually move more when you are resting (or asleep), so if you think there has not been much movement the recommendation (at least here in Aus) is to lie down quietly on your left side with a drink of water, and just stay still (read a book or something) for about an hour. In that hour you should feel about 10 movements I think it is.
Certainly if you lie down like that and the baby hasn't moved at all after an hour, or only once or twice, then you should call your doctor or midwife (whoever is handling your antenatal care).
Note: this is just the advice I've been given during 4 pregnancies, I'm not an expert!
Hope this helps.
. I think she was getting antsy that day because I hadn't yet eaten.
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My second child (dd 1) used to stretch her foot up and out, towards the top of my womb. Towards the end I could actually grab her little heel
It was about that time that I got the confidence to gently nudge and move the baby, pushing a limb into a more comfortable position etc.
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I told the doc today that I have'nt had much movment. So she did a test to test for activity and heart monitoring. It took a while but, the baby is fine. The baby started getting hiccups near the end though
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