Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

I am at the start of 27 weeks. I feel some noticeable movement daily but not very often. Mostly at nice when laying down and just a little during the day..( but rarely).


Should I be feeling consistent movement yet??? When do Dr's recommend you start counting movement??

I do have an anterior placenta, but would that still limit the amount of movement felt??

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

I will be 27w on Monday. I also have anterior placenta. My baby moves a few times throughout the day, but after dinner it is almost non stop until I go to sleep. I feel it once or twice while I am getting ready for work and usually after I eat lunch

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

I think I told you this, but I felt like i wasn't feeling "enough" movement the whole pregnancy. My doctor never advised counting kicks. Instead, he told me to break my day up in to 4 hour intervals (so if you wake at 6, it would be 6-10, 10-2, etc). All he said was that I should feel some movement in each 4 hour window. I think he told me this at about 29 weeks or so.

And of course, every baby is different. At one point, a friend of mine told me she counted like 50 kicks in a hour, and I was like, "I don't think my kid kicks that many times in a DAY!"

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Posted by jerseychick

I think I told you this, but I felt like i wasn't feeling "enough" movement the whole pregnancy. My doctor never advised counting kicks. Instead, he told me to break my day up in to 4 hour intervals (so if you wake at 6, it would be 6-10, 10-2, etc). All he said was that I should feel some movement in each 4 hour window. I think he told me this at about 29 weeks or so.

And of course, every baby is different. At one point, a friend of mine told me she counted like 50 kicks in a hour, and I was like, "I don't think my kid kicks that many times in a DAY!"

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

Thanks Girls!! It's so hard not to worry.

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Posted by TheDivineMrsM

Posted by jerseychick

I think I told you this, but I felt like i wasn't feeling "enough" movement the whole pregnancy. My doctor never advised counting kicks. Instead, he told me to break my day up in to 4 hour intervals (so if you wake at 6, it would be 6-10, 10-2, etc). All he said was that I should feel some movement in each 4 hour window. I think he told me this at about 29 weeks or so.

And of course, every baby is different. At one point, a friend of mine told me she counted like 50 kicks in a hour, and I was like, "I don't think my kid kicks that many times in a DAY!"

And some days they're more active than others. There are times when I can feel her all day, and others where I only feel her every few hours.

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

I'm 2 weeks behind you and I was wondering the same thing today. On Monday, I probably felt her for 4 hours straight in the evening!!! But in the past three days, I've just felt her here and there and not nearly as much. I was starting to get worried today so I pushed around a little and got a little push back (I was thinking of CaidensMom's post about her boys jiggling her belly, actually, lol)... I don't have anterior placenta but my doctor said give it another 4 weeks and I'll be feeling her much much stronger. So I figure closer to 28-29 weeks, which is still another week for you.

I'm glad you posted this though. It's a little scary when you just don't know what's going on in there!!!

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

I'm 26 wks and in general, I think I have a very active LO, but it definitely can vary day to day. This wknd my LO was quiet. I was laying down on sat saying, "ok, please kick now." But today, for example, there's apparently a party in my uterus. My co-worker actually saw my stomach move when I was standing next to her. I'm not sure when, if ever, the movement will be consistent.

Message edited 9/23/2010 10:40:31 PM.

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question

i am the same way i dont feel her all day and i feel its very little and i have not been told i have an anterior placenta. I told myself i would not worry about things so i am not. Hopefully i shouldnt be worrying and its ok that i dont feel her that much!

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Thank you girls!! I def feel her more at night, not so much during the day.

Re: Girls in the 3rd Trimester or Late 2nd trimester?? Movement question