What counts as reduced movements?

[Duvethider]

Hi,

the term “reduced” movements to me means less movements than usual. It doesn’t mean no movements, as movements can be reduced without being zero.

However whenever I feel I’m having much less movements than usual and call then go to
the hospital for a check, they put the monitor
on and baby gives a couple of movements and they declare all is well and i can go but to come back if I’m worried again, despite movements still being “reduced” as in less than usual.

Am I misinterpreting things, should I only be going if im feeling no movements? Would you still go if you had some movements but less than usual?

Any change from your normal movements…. Whether that’s reduced or way more active than is normal for you is what I was Tom when pregnant with my baby last year

Any change.

Mine are all grown up now but I remember asking when I was pregnant with my twins I think and someone said something like, you'll never regret getting it checked out, and that would be my advice. There was nothing wrong with with my twins but I didn't regret getting checked out.

Definitely go any time you are experiencing a change from what is normal for your baby. They aren't only saying all is well because you have felt a couple of movements, but also because of what they are seeing on the monitor. But if movements remain reduced you do need to keep going back as persistent reduced movements should be acted on.

Also when they put you on the monitor, they're not just looking for whether the baby is moving at all but their heart rate, how much it varies and whether it changes in response to its movements. Eg if their heart rate increases when it moves around, that would be reassuring.

Thanks for the replies, good to know my understanding matches what other people think too.