Struggling to feel baby with constant braxton hicks

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I’m 41 weeks tomorrow and have been having Brixton hicks regularly but today it’s just been constant.
It’s not necessarily painful although some have been but I haven’t felt the baby move as much when this happens. I’m not sure how to proceed? I have felt the baby move twice today but it’s not as active as normal (although it does have “quiet days”). The tightenings have been almost non stop.

I’m really hating being pregnant now so stressful monitoring this shit

Call triage! Chances are that it’s the Braxton Hicks meaning you can’t feel as much, but at 41 weeks I wouldn’t take the risk. Anything that is a deviation from what you would normally feel movements wise needs to be checked out.

Go and get checked out straight away. There are no exceptions if you feel less movement. And they can put your mind at rest

Thanks all.

I rang the triage line and was told to come in so I did.

Typically the tightenings stopped and baby started moving like crazy after the midwife felt my stomach 🙄

Feel like I’ve wasted everyone’s time so next time I will not be ringing!
I feel like at this point I’m going to still be pregnant by next month at this rate

If it happens again, please still ring. You're not wasting anyone's time, it's always better to get checked out, they'd rather see you 100 times than you not go in and something turn out to be wrong

At 41 weeks baby doesn't have much room to move about so thats probably why there's less movement. But always get checked out if you become worried, never leave it and think your wasting their time because your not. Good luck I hope baby comes soon 🤞🏼

Surely that’s the best outcome. It’s what usually happens when people go in - it turns out to be nothing. Sometimes it turns out to be something though which is why midwives would always tell you to go in every time.

It’s pretty silly to plan to ignore the potentially serious implications of reduced movements in case you bother someone....

@flowersaremymyfave the NHS / NCT / everyone have been trying to dispel that dangerous myth for years as babies have died because of it so please don’t tell people that. It’s not true. Baby should move as much as it did before.

Always ring!

You are never wasting anyone's time!

It doesn't matter how many times you call or go in, it only takes one missed time for things to go irreversibly wrong.

If there is anything different from your baby's usual pattern... ring them!

I got checked over for reduced movements on Friday.

Same story, as soon as they popped the monitor on me, baby started doing a jig and I felt a right tit.

Midwife was VERY clear however that reduced movements should always be checked and that if a mother is worried they will always take her concerns seriously.

@Glitterbugle 5 baby's here and I have always been told by doctors and midwives that once your in the late stages of pregnancy baby doesn't have much room to move. And I've always experienced that 🤷🏻‍♀️

@flowersaremyfave my last was 2 years ago and we were clearly and repeatedly told this was old advice that was dangerous. Have a google. Baby will move differently as there’s less room so no more big somersaulting movements but you should still feel as many movements

@Glitterbugle mine was 2 years ago too, seems that different hospitals tell you different things 🤔

flowersaremyfave whilst it’s true they have less room, it doesn’t mean their movements should slow down.

Here’s the latest advice which is endorsed by the NHS and all charities in the area. Movement should increase until 32 weeks when it will plateau but movement should never then reduce.

www.kickscount.org.uk/your-babys-movements

@flowersaremyfav if your local MW are saying this you should raise it with their supervisor as many sad losses have occurred due to this advice

Don't mean to scare monger, but to reiterate the importance... close family member experienced reduced movements, left it overnight because there were movements but just not as many or as big. Popped in the next morning expecting it to be nothing because she was full term and 'running out of space', but the worst had happened.

I can not stress enough... Anything that differs from the norm... you ring. Don't look at it as time wasting, look at it as checking your baby is okay.