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Do movements inside the womb correspond to how baby moves after birth?

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SundayMorningSun · 22/05/2019 09:43

I'm not sure how to phrase this question! But, for those of you who have been pregnant before, do you think the movements you felt in the womb predicted how wriggly your baby was when they arrived?

I have a very wriggly fetus! She also does a lot of stretching out - so I can feel her feet on one side and her hands on the other. She always has done - in fact, we saw her doing this on the 12 week scan, long before I felt her doing it. Is this going to be a thing of hers after she's born too?

Just interested!

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Cbbr · 22/05/2019 09:50

I remember asking my midwife “if he’s this active on the inside does that mean he’s gonna be radged when he comes out?” She said not necessarily. He is. Absolute nut job. Wide awake and 200mph from the minute he opens his eyes. Never slept through (he’s 3 and a half) and just a real little live wire :-)

RLI1105 · 22/05/2019 10:05

Not really applicable to me (I'm only 9 weeks!) but my mum always said I barely ever moved, it would be days and then I'd just turn over and that would be that! I apparently slept right through from 8 weeks barely ever cried and both my parents still to this day attest to how good I was.
My sister was the complete opposite. Kicked constantly and then was a total livewire from the get go, into everything and screamed constantly!
I'm interested to see where my baby falls!
Good luck to you!

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SundayMorningSun · 22/05/2019 10:09

Lol. Good luck to me indeed!

I had been thinking that all the kicking through the night is intended to train me up...

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b0bb1n · 22/05/2019 10:14

For me, yes. Lots of kicking and lots of hiccups in the womb has definitely carried on. Congrats on your baby! :)

SorenLorensonsInvisibleFriend · 22/05/2019 10:14

Yes, for me it did. I remember looking at all the other mothers-to-be sitting serenely in antenatal classes, while I was flinching and jumping from the kicks and violent heaving inside me. I was wondering why I was clearly not handing it as well as they all clearly were! Turns out I have the equivalent of a human firework. He's absolutely brilliant and very clever but tremendously energetic and all limbs - and also didn't stop moving for the first five years (running around the place at nine months old, terrifying!). His learning to read was a Godsend! And the iPad!!

On the flip side, my second was a mellow, rolling over type during pregnancy, and she's still as languid and graceful now! So, I think there's definitely a correlation..... sorry!! And good luck!

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 22/05/2019 10:32

Hiccups definitely - mine had them in the womb all the time, and then was prone to them for a good 9 months or so after birth.

Mrsmummy90 · 22/05/2019 11:18

Dd was a lazy sod in the womb and she's pretty chilled compared to her baby friends. She also hiccuped constantly and was the same for a few months after birth.

SamStephens · 22/05/2019 11:20

I always found my DD was the most active in the womb when I was sitting still. Sure enough she would only ever sleep with movement - like in her swing chair or driving in the car. I think it was soothing to her.

HelpAFattieOutHere · 22/05/2019 11:22

I reckon so. On the inside mine was do active that he went breech at 36 weeks and I was unaware until I had a scan. He also went back round the right way by 37 weeks (another scan!) and I was unaware of this too. It was just normal movements for him. On the outside, he just doesn't stop!

outsho · 22/05/2019 12:02

Doesn’t correlate whatsoever ime. DS was so stubborn, he refused to move on any of the scans and was always in an awkward position. We thought he was going to be such a stubborn and difficult baby but he’s so easy and laid back- absolute dream . He was also very wriggly to an extent it hurt towards the end but he’s always been a quiet baby.

BumandChips · 22/05/2019 12:05

Yes totally. One of mine on scan was doing loop the loops and the other one was just sitting calmly. That’s how they are now.

mintoreo · 22/05/2019 12:10

There seemed to be something in it with us! He used to get lots of hiccups in the womb and that was definitely the case when he was born. He was also very wriggly and I used to feel lots of little movements very low down. Turns out he liked sleeping with his hands stroking his face and he has so much energy and is constantly climbing and wriggling around.

AwdBovril · 22/05/2019 12:21

Absolutely. I first felt DD move at around 11 or 13 weeks (I forget which), extremely early for a first pregnancy. She wiggled constantly & by the time I went into labour I was bloody desperate to get her out. She is one of the most energetic children her nursery staff, teachers etc, have ever met - they always assumed she goes home & collapses in exhaustion & are equally amused & sympathetic when we tell them no, she's always like that! If we don't get her out for a few miles walk every day she's a nightmare to get to sleep. She had fully dropped her naps by about 13 months so I could never get anything done! I am dreading the teenage years as she already eats more than me at just 7 years old, despite being a tall skinny beanpole, don't know how we're going to afford to feed her!

roundligament · 22/05/2019 12:35

Omg no!!!
My baby is sooo active and so bony
I need a quiet baby to join this family, not a pocket rocket 🤪🤪🤪

MrFlibblesEyes · 22/05/2019 12:51

This thread isn't filling me full of confidence. I'm only 19 weeks and baby already seems to be a right little raver 😬. Best get all the sleep I can...

Teddybear45 · 22/05/2019 13:24

Babies get more active when you don’t move. So if you’re moving a lot, walking, the actions often ‘rock’ the baby to sleep. That’s why normally babies are more active at night than the day. Try walking more and see what happens?

DameSylvieKrin · 22/05/2019 13:25

My two are pretty similar, yes.

anothernotherone · 22/05/2019 13:29

No.

The movements I felt reflected the location of the placenta. 3 full term pregnancies.

CatRash · 22/05/2019 13:29

My daughter didn't move a great deal in utero and she's pretty lazy now tbh. She hit all her gross milestones on the earlier side of normal so it's not capability she's just not particularly active. She doesn't charge around like other toddlers, rarely runs or climbs for fun etc.

She got hiccups a lot too and did get them several times a day for the first few months after birth too.

anothernotherone · 22/05/2019 13:36

My easiest pregnancy (so easy I kept forgetting that I was pregnant) was with the baby who didn't sleep for more than a two hour stretch until he was 3 years old. The baby who climbed door frames before he was 18 months and trees in the playground and slides long before he could walk.

He was dc3 though, so the idea that he was constantly rocked in the womb as I ran about after the older two makes sense.

Most active baby in the womb was my most chilled baby and the only one to sleep through without actively being night weaned.

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SundayMorningSun · 22/05/2019 14:03

This is so interesting!

I have an anterior placenta and felt strong movements from an early stage - she's just a fan of break dancing, it seems. If anything, the midwife said I should be feeling less than I do.

@Teddybear45 Lol, I am very active for most of the day - she starts boogying the moment I sit down! Sounds like @SamStephens's experience...

@AwdBovril This made me laugh (and also grimace). Well done you!

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LaminateAnecdotes · 22/05/2019 14:06

I was fascinated to learn that the thumb a baby sucks in the womb is a predictor of handedness ...

kmammamalto · 22/05/2019 14:08

Yes! This is so funny, I was talking about this today. My DS used to push his feet against my ribs and stretch his legs fully. He's 2.5 and will still stretch his legs and push his little feet into you as far as he can, even when he's absorbed in something of watching tv. It's so funny how you can know them from the outside but then again maybe it's not as they are literally living inside you!
Pregnancy again but with a little girl and just getting first movements so eager to see what she's like!

DieCryHate · 22/05/2019 14:39

The three times I had a scan when pregnant with my son he had his arm raised in front of his face. He slept like this for pretty much the first 18 months of his life.

annlee3817 · 22/05/2019 14:42

DD was a total fidget bum when I was pregnant, and still is at the age of 4, even when she's asleep. She also used to stick her bum up and make my bump go funny, she still does that in her sleep :)

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