Reducing Stillbirth: Count the Kicks Campaign

[CarGirl]

I just want to promote "Count The Kicks"

Please read this, if it helps one Mum not suffer the agony of stillbirth it's worth it

countthekicks.org.uk/

Surely the point of counting the kicks daily at set times is that over a period of time you will learn what is more typical for your baby. Later on in pregnancy there is surely far less space for a baby to get into a variable position hence a change in movements can be an indicator that something is wrong/has changed.

Also it's to raise awareness that a change in kicks is something that you should get checked out!

The sad reality is that even if a baby dies in utero it still moves around because it's in fluid but it doesn't kick.

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CarGirl THANK YOU

You may have saved my baby's life. I was um-ing and ah-ing about whether to go to hospital thinking that reduced kicks may have been because it was so late in the pregnancy and he had settled into a different position.

Since his birth I have been told that he wouldn't have made it if I had waited until the morning.

However, concerned about reduced movements I came across this thread and your OP helped me to decide to go to hospital when I did.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Just a bump really to keep this thread on view.

Hello. All is well here but I went in yesterday for some monitoring as baby had been moving less over the weekend. I was very nicely ticked off and told and reduced or absent movement must be checked within 24hrs max., 24/7 access to monitoring no issue. Hospital (Watford Gen) fantastic. Baby fine thankfully. Told not to hesitate to go back if worried. Don't delay ladies if you are worried and movement or lack of does tell you something might be amiss not just BP or discharge!!!

Great news Itchy

Good luck with everything Katie

So great to read that this thread has made a difference!

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Could I get some advice here on how to count the kicks? Can I log it on my mobile, as it's always with me. I'm 31 weeks and had a day & night last wk where baby didn't kick at all. I had an antenatal check up the next morning, so waited for that (I wouldn't have waited after reading this thread). The midwife listened to the heartbeat and said everything was ok, but can she know that just from a quick listen in?
If baby wriggles for say 10mins would that count as one kick?

It is not wriggling, madmomma but discernible kicks.

Babies do sleep a lot when in utero, however when awake there should be specific movements; get to know your baby's rhythm. Press down and feel them kick back. Also log the number (of kicks) in your phone or on a notebook, for example.
If at all worried, seek out help asap.

Babies move around in the fluid even after they've died which is why it has to be discernable kicks.

And asap, when you feel something is wrong, means exactly that.

Have a happy, healthy pregnancy

Ah right I see. Thanks ladies. Will start tonight.

That's good to hear. Goodnight

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I work in an organisation with about 700 employees on site. There has just been another stillbirth at term, that's 2 in 2 years

In memory of a beautiful dd born this month sleeping

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