Massively Increased Movement

[alovelycuppatea]

I know there is a big concern with decreased movements but today (27 weeks) the little tyke is wriggling away non-stop! Now in the interest of full disclosure I have eaten 2 Refresher bars around 8.30am which of course are crammed with sugar (I know I know...but they were just there...and they tasted so good). At first I thought the increased movement was just a sugar hit, but that was a good 4 hours ago now and she shows no sign of slowing down. I googled and read that increased movements could be a concern as a sign of distress. Anyone have any views? I will be avoiding sugar temptation for the rest of the pregnancy but how long would you leave it before starting to worry something was wrong?

I had a can of fanta last week about 3pm and my movements increased significantly, but interestingly not until after 6pm and then all the way on until 10pm. i was surprised by the delay but i guess it has to get into your blood stream.

Any change in movements should be checked out, not just a decrease. When movements increased with DS it turned out to be an infections that was causing it and he was distressed. I would call the midwives and see what they say...

I'd call and get checked out, it's any change in movements that's important not just a decrease

I'm 28+4 and have had days where baby has gone wild and fairly quiet days, there seems to be no pattern. Around 27 weeks I had two days with lots of lots of movement where I worried and then had 2 days of not much movement where I worried too!

Definitely give them a ring if you're concerned but I wouldn't panic

Go and see them, trust me, get it checked out x

Please get checked out, I'm sure your baby is fine however I had violent movements and it was not good news.

I had this a few weeks ago - it was full-on non-stop baby disco in there. I rang triage, they told me baby wasn't in distress and wouldn't see me. I was doing my nut a bit until I remembered we'd gone to the cinema that day and I had drunk a fairly large amount of diet Coke! Everything went back to normal the next day. That taught me to mind my caffeine intake!

Thanks all...she has calmed down a lot - getting the odd kick now and again but feels back to normal....I suspect it was the sugar...am paying a lot more attention to the movements now...will definitely call the midwife if things feel odd again. And cut back on sweets for breakfast

All this drives me insane- I worry too much movement, too little movement and with no pattern there is no normal....