Count The Kicks campaign - can we keep it bumped?

[Bearfrills]

There used to be a thread with info on Count The Kicks but its no longe active so I'm restarting it.

countthekicks.org.uk/

The aim of Count The Kicks is to give women the confidence to listen to your instincts and ask for advice from your midwife or doctor if you are ever concerned or worried.

NICE guidelines state that: Any changes in fetal movements should be reported to a midwife or medical professional for further assessment

NEVER think your question is silly.

NEVER think you are being a pain.

NEVER think you are wasting their time.

You are taking responsibility and caring for your baby – you are being a Mother!

Don't faff about with cold drinks, load noises or home dopplers. If you're concerned phone the professionals.

Loads more info is available here:

countthekicks.org.uk/

Bump.
Great idea, I've gone in a couple of times so far (now 37+6) and every time they have been re-assuring and told me they would rather see women than have them worrying at home or worst case have something happen to them.

I was assessed today for reduced movements was hesitant in phoning this is my 3rd but never had reduced movements before, the midwives were great and never made me feel silly or an over worried mum to be feel so confident now in contacting them if I have any further problems

I was assessed today for reduced movements was hesitant in phoning this is my 3rd but never had reduced movements before, the midwives were great and never made me feel silly or an over worried mum to be feel so confident now in contacting them if I have any further problems

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Bump I'm 37 weeks now and have been monitored twice for reduced movement.

Luckily all is well and baby was just having a lazy day but the midwives were brilliant both times and really reassured me.

I agree about not trying home dopplers etc. Always best to speak to a professional as they can try all the dopplers etc while you're with them and are trained to identify any problems which you could miss yourself x

My sister was assessed with her 3rd baby with increased movements. The mw was very dismissive and didn't feel it merited checking.
My dsis insisted, and was monitored - the baby was in severe distress, cue crash section, and luckily a live birth. If my dsis hadn't listened to her instincts, the outcome would have been very different.

How many weeks should you be before you start to monitor it? I am 18 weeks today and not felt much over last few days but I have an anterior placenta and it's early days.

Totes - I think you need to be quite a lot futher on before this is meaningful. I tend to associate it with the third trimester tbh but I could be wrong on that. At 18 weeks it's completely normal to not feel much. Some women won't feel anything. The earliest I felt anything was about 15 weeks with dd3 but that was very much passing and came and went and if it hadn't been my third I doubt I would have noticed.

TotesAmaze - I'm 18 weeks & called the MW yesterday as I'd not felt movement for 24h and had fallen the day before. I've been feeling regular flutters since 14w.

She was more than happy to come over & I feel so much better after hearing my baby's heart lub-dubbing away

If in doubt at any stage, call your midwife for advice.

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Totes - my midwife told me at my 25 week appointment that I needed to start counting kicks.

Bump. I was induced early partly due to the fact I didn't feel regular movements. You are NEVER being silly. I spent the last six weeks of my pregnancy with DC2 having tri weekly CTGs and weekly scans.

Thanks for the replies!

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RCOG have developed guidelines which I found reassuring - don't know how to do a clickable link from phone but they're here:
www.rcog.org.uk/womens-health/clinical-guidance/your-babys-movements-pregnancy

Interestingly their advice does include a cold drink and lying down etc for a couple of hours but then it's very clear on actions to take at different stages if you haven't counted enough kicks and are still concerned.

Bump.

Also, what counts as a separate movement? If I feel a kick then a few mins later another few are they separate or part of one kicky episode? I have an anterior placenta so don't feel them all I don't think. I'm 26 weeks

Bump

Why is this campaign called Count the Kicks? We know that counting the specific number of movements is not evidence based (rather, it is about pattern) and the website seems to support this approach - there's nothing on there about actually counting kicks! Odd.

I think it's just a name that was likely to pop up on a google search done by someone wanting information about movements.

Badly named campaign...but very important!

Bumo

Bump even!

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