Fetal Movement

You as the mother can feel a little something. But it's a moving living baby. Just wait till your 20 weeks and you feel a kick. It is great. By this time your partner should be able to enjoy this with you.

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10 movements a day.

The baby still has a few weeks to move in its own. After that doctors will usually try to turn it. If it doesn´t work, usually they will decide on a c-section.

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By 41 weeks you are full term, your baby's movements may feel like minor fidgeting compared to the summersaults he used to turn, because of the confined space. Even though your baby no longer has enough room to be doing flips you should still feel regular movement of body parts like a foot across your belly or elbow to your ribs.

Babies have regular sleep patterns long before they born, you may have noticed that there there are several times throughout the day when the baby doesn't move as much and other times when he feels like he is dancing and having a party in there!

If you believe a couple hours have gone by and you haven't felt any movement try drinking a large glass of juice, then sit back or lay down and "count kicks" - these ''movements'' includes actual kicks, jabs, rolls, twists, and turns. Usually healthy babies will complete ten movements within two hours and most babies achieve this in less than 15 minutes.

If you don't feel any movement I would suggest calling your doctor/midwife and following their instructions. They may advise you to repeat the kick count or to go for a non-stress test where they monitor the baby's heart rate for 20 minutes to an hour. They may also point out to you that it's not uncommon for a baby to move less in the day or two prior to labor starting.

When I was pregnant with my first (I have 4) it seemed like it took forever to feel the baby move. I don't think it had anything to do with my size. You probably just don't recognize the movement for what it is. I am very large, and the second time around I think I was about three months when I felt the baby move. I am thinking it was around the 4th-5th month with my first. I am a large woman and i think that sometimes during the first one you think that you feel something. sometimes you feel fluttering and its just small movements. you can really start to feel some real kicks around the fourth month. as you go along they get stronger. I've had 3 and i started to feel kicks about the end of the fourth. but everyone is different. Most women, large or small, feel a first baby move around 20 weeks. I remember vividly when I felt mine as we were visiting family and when I screamed they thought I had hurt myself. Second and subsequent babies are usually felt about 15-16 weeks. One of the reasons I thought I was having twins was because I felt movement at 13 weeks. A partner or friend may not feel the baby move because of intervening fat but as the woman feels it from the inside her size makes no difference

When you say "no fetal movement" do you mean that you have just been unable to feel the baby move as of yet? Or have you had altrasounds that show that the baby does not move? For my first pregnancy I did not feel he baby move till 20 weeks. And the pregnancies after that I was able to feel a bit earlier, but not much. I would say if you are getting good heart tones and the altrasound shows well, not to worry, likely soon you will be asking to not be able to feel it for a while. If you have felt it a lot, and than for days are not feeling it, that is a certain reason for a trip to the doc to check for the babies heart. But if you have not felt it at all yet, try to be at peace, and trust your little one is on Gods hands.

That is totally up to you .if it were i would keep my baby. i also think if you are old enough to make the decison to lay with someone and create this baby you should take care of it. do not even consider abortion. it causes a lot of mental and psycological problems later in life. Hopefully you have a lot of family support. You will need it. I was 16 when i got pregnant and 17 when i gave birth it was a real experience but it was all worth it . I love my little girl who is 2 now. she is my world and i am still with her father when have actually been together for 5 years and have been married for 1 year. Just remember everything happens for a reason. God had a reason for you to get pregnant right now you don;t know why and may never know. But just pray about it and talk to your family and if you have a lot of support it will be great it will be hard don;t get me wrong but it will be worth it. At least you will know that your baby was not murdered by you or that some one else is raising your child. i hope i helped you if you have any more questions email me at malleryduncan@yahoo.com A parent at the age of 12? Not something I

3rd trimester

The fetus began as just two cells that joined and started dividing rapidly, by two weeks the cells became an embryo, placenta and umbilical cord - by the end of the first trimester (11 to 12 weeks) the fetus has all the organs in place that he or she will be born with, the genitalia are still to immature to visually detect the baby's sex but will be fully developed in just a few weeks. The baby to be has a beating heart, functioning bladder and practices breathing by inhaling the amniotic water.

I am no doctor but I am sure it is nothing to worry about, I am 18 weeks pregnant and for a while now I have gotten the same pain from time to time. I was also concerned so I did some reading, I am almost positive It is round ligament pain. round ligaments are attached to each side of the upper uterus and to the pelvic side wall. As the uterus grows these ligaments are stretched and pulled, they sometimes cause discomfort on one side or both sides. It's nothing to worry about, just a sign your uterus is growing :). It helps to lay down a rest, but remember if the pain is severe it's always a good idea to talk to your doctor.

Yes, your baby has lots and lots of room to move about and he/she likes to make the most of that. Enjoy the reassurance!

By 18 weeks you should just barely be feeling movement, even up to week 22 some women experience their first "flutters". The movements can be daily but it is also not uncommon for them to be far and few between for the next few weeks.

No, twins tend to develop slightly slower than one child would, you wuld feel them about the same time, if not a little later I have twins, and i don't remember them kicking sooner, but i do remember it was very often and all over my abdomen. I tease them now, saying that were always boxing. I heard heartbeats at 5 weeks, measured 19 weeks at 13 and felt them move at 15 weeks. Mine developed as fast as a single baby, born on the day of their 40 week check up, one was 7lbs and the other 6lbs 9 oz. Twins are great!

If your baby is kicking 10 times a day you normally need not worry. But it is obviously worrying you so go and see whoever is looking after you for reassurance.

You do what is best for your child and yourself - you have to keep going for the two of you and above all for your child. Join some mother & child groups and spend time doing things that keep you busy and happy, not only will you meet new people within the groups you will be spending time with your child and occupying your time which you will realize heals all wounds. It will just take some time and it will get better.

You should be able to feel the puppies move at around 6 1/2 weeks during gestation.

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when i was pregnant my son would only move for certain people he would never move for his daddy so i depends on the baby really but my sister felt my son at 61/2 months

One reason I learnd is that your sugar level may have dropped at night causing your baby to move.

The most rational answer so far that I understood is during at night, when you tend to lay down and rest, your body is not making any movements to craddle your little one thus, this made him awake.

It's not likely. You probably won't feel your baby kick until around week 16 and 22, even though the baby has been moving since week 7 or 8. You may have already witnessed these movements during an ultrasound. This is often felt as a fluttering feeling or a grasshopper walking across your belly during the first movements.

Pretty much anything can be considered normal in pregnacy. Every pregnancy is different. If you are having concerns, talk to your doctor, but if you have felt some movement, I'm sure everything is fine. Even if you have felt nothing, it's a little on the early side anyway. You are probably just pregnant with an inactive baby, for now. Talk with your doctor if you need more assurance. hi, i am also 21 weeks pregnant wth my third baby. i have only felt very slight flutters, hardly noticeable. i also felt this to be odd wih my third as my other two were very actice babies and now children. I try to think that at least there is movement however slight and look on the bright side, we could be having lovely calm babies who will sleep at night (some hope) !! dont worry, there will be nothing wrong, but if you need reassurance just pop to the midwife who will happily let you hear the heart beat. good luck.

Yes it does need to be 20 minutes long, at least. It takes 20minutes to accurately asess a fetal heart rate baseline. We are looking for two accelerations of 15beats above baseline during that 20minutes.