At 29 weeks, is it normal for a baby to move a lot sometimes, and not move a lot at other times?
You mentioned that you're 29 weeks a long and some days you feel your baby move a lot and other days your baby doesn't move much at all. On those days when you notice a decrease in your baby's movement, stop what you're doing, get rid of all distractions, lay down on your side because that's actually the position where your baby gets the most oxygenation and blood flow, and count movements. At this point in pregnancy your baby should move at least six times an hour. If in that hour you're counting you get five or less it's time to go get checked out. Many mothers feel that if they aren't feeling their babies move that much it's just because they're sleeping but babies only sleep for 20-30 minutes at a time so hours and hours of no or decreased movement can't be attributed to a baby sleeping. In and of itself, going to the hospital to get checked out because you're not feeling your baby move as much is a good reason. We welcome mothers who come and say I just haven't felt my baby move as much. Of course you're so stressed out. We want to send you home reassured. 99.9% of the time that's what we're able to do. We hook your belly up to a monitor, one that monitors the pattern of your baby's heart rate and one that monitors contractions, and the pattern of your baby's heart rate tells us a lot about how they're doing inside of you. When you're not hooked up to a monitor the only way you can tell if they're doing okay or not is that they're moving. Movement is an indication of well being. Again, during those times when you're not feeling your baby move as much, count movement and if it's less than six in an hour or, technically speaking, ten or less in two hours, that's not enough and you should get checked out. I always encourage mothers when there is decreased, not absent, movement. If you have any other questions for me in the future please feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/IntermountainMoms and recommend us to your friends and family too.
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