28 weeks pregnant and nervous about baby movements?
Posted by admin on Nov 11, 2009
Im 28 Weeks Pregnant and still not noticing a pattern to my babies movements. Also some days i go hours without feeling her move. I dont know if this is normal. It feels very inconsistent. This is my first pregnancy so i dunno what is normal… please offer me advice. thank you.
I think it’s fine. My baby doesn’t move constantly and he’ll sleep for hours at a time and I wont feel him. Also I’m 37wks and he still had no "regular or normal" patterns as to when he’s awake and when he likes to sleep. He just does whatever he wants (lol). He was still kind of quiet for me at 28wks. As long as you’re feeling your baby throughout the day, everyday now then all is well. Some docs have mothers do "kick counts", but if your doc hasn’t told you to do those then don’t worry about them. As long as she’s moving she’s ok. Your little one will start to sleep a lot more as these last few weeks go by. If it’ll make you feel better you can go into L&D and they’ll check her. She sounds totally normal to me though. Congrats on your little sweet pea 
You may not notice a "pattern" at all. There are definitely periods where you will feel more, and some where you seem to feel nothing. Babies do sleep in the uterus! I noticed that when I was more active they baby seemed lulled to sleep, and then when I was ready to rest it would pick up and go nuts!
If you are concerned, see your doctor. You can also keep a little note book and just keep track of the movement to see if there is a sleeping/wakeful pattern that you just don’t always notice.
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I think it’s fine. My baby doesn’t move constantly and he’ll sleep for hours at a time and I wont feel him. Also I’m 37wks and he still had no "regular or normal" patterns as to when he’s awake and when he likes to sleep. He just does whatever he wants (lol). He was still kind of quiet for me at 28wks. As long as you’re feeling your baby throughout the day, everyday now then all is well. Some docs have mothers do "kick counts", but if your doc hasn’t told you to do those then don’t worry about them. As long as she’s moving she’s ok. Your little one will start to sleep a lot more as these last few weeks go by. If it’ll make you feel better you can go into L&D and they’ll check her. She sounds totally normal to me though. Congrats on your little sweet pea
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my midwife told me that as long as i feel at least 10 movements in 24 hours the baby is fine.
some people say 10 movements in 2 hours, if that were the case i would be living in hospital. to me that seems a bit excessive unless you have a VERY active baby. i haven’t spoken to many women who feel their babies move 10 times in 2 hours.
i am 31 weeks pregnant and sometimes i don’t feel the baby move for about 4 hours. sometimes longer if i am out and about.
bearing in mind that my placenta is also at the front, so it sometimes acts as a cushion and stops me from feeling movements.
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When I was pregnant I was advised to drink at least 16 ounces of cold water and lay on my back. Count the movements for one hour. If the baby moves at least 10 times then you shouldn’t worry. If (s)he doesn’t. Wait a few hours and do it again. You should keep track of the movements in a notebook. There may not be any real patterns as far as how much your baby moves at certain times of days but if you notice that the babies movements decreased significantly then you want to consult your doctor.
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I don’t know where you are but I’m in the UK and have been told by my midwives that you should feel the baby move at least 10 times in 10 hours (I think this is a new thing) by this stage. I am 34 weeks pregnant and had a bit of a worried moment last week when I hadn’t felt my baby move this many times. I phoned triage and they told me to come in to check everything was ok. He was fine and as soon as I got to the hospital and they put the monitors on he moved 14 times in 30minutes. Typical. They gave me a kick chart home and told me to start from 9am each day and count his movements and if he hadn’t moved 10 times by 6pm to get in touch. Maybe you should try this to monitor movements. If you have been busy you may not notice the baby moving so if you are worried take time to rest and have a cold drink.
Hope this helps and take care.x
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