Baby not reacting to sound

[livingthedream11]

Hello, I’m 27 weeks today and my baby doesn’t react to sounds in the womb hardly ever.
I play music to her, I sing and talk to her, my partner always sings and talks to her too and she hardly ever kicks maybe once or twice that’s happened, she’s been quite today but even on the days she’s really active she doesn’t really react to sounds, I’ve read that she would be now or maybe is it still a bit too early maybe?
Thanks!

Never really noticed my two reacting to sound before they were born and they’re can hear perfectly. It’s something you might notice but not a bad sign if you don’t

I'm not sure I noticed DD reacting to sound until she'd been about 6 weeks in the world!

Seriously. Chill out.

I've got 3 DC, none of them had reliable reactions to sound at any time during pregnancy.

Tbf if it's an instruction none of them have reliable reactions to sounds now they're 10weeks, 3 and 4

As pp said; you need to chill out

You're worrying over nothing

I don't know if ours react to sound in the womb, it is pretty noisy in our house so she will learn to tune out like the rest of us anyway. Our 3rd is so good at tuning out I had her hearing tested as I was worried she might be deaf (her teachers asked the same) but nope just shuts her ears off and has perfect hearing.

I have 4 DC and none of them reacted to sound in the womb. As PP said, mine still ignore me (9, 6, 4 and 5 months) 🙄

I think I was about 28/29 weeks and we were at a museum/steel works thing. During the steel works demo there was a really loud bang and she jumped. The only other time was when I was ironing, I have a loud steam generator iron and that made her jump too. She didn't react to me talking or the telly though.

Babies don't need you to sing and talk to them while they're in your body, they hear and recognise your voice everytime you speak at all. Playing music and your partner singing to your stomach made me Worrying over nothing.

I never gave this a second thought.
My first reacted to my adrenaline rush after an earthquake (lived near the San Andreas fault at the time).
My second didn’t seem to react to anything before birth, but he loved being read to from birth and became an avid reader.
My third reacted to touch before he was born. If I stroked my stomach, he would push up against my touch. He loves to hug.

Nothing to worry about. Think about how well you hear underwater. Plus there's all those interesting gurgly sounds your body makes, all with the constant drum beat of your heart in the background. Plus baby's hearing is still very much in its infancy, doubtful it even knows what to react to.

As an aside, the only sounds DD racted to in the womb was Skibadi by Little big. Every time it was played (past 34+ weeks) a storm of kicking would ensue. Whether it was dancing or a plea to turn it off has never been determined.

I wouldn’t have normally noticed this, but I’m 22 weeks and if I rest my phone on my belly while I’m scrolling tiktok () I notice baby starts to move and kick a lot more, but I don’t think it’s anything to worry about if not.

Okay thanks, especially thanks to everyone that literally just told me their experiences instead of telling me chill out 😂
My midwife actually told me to sing and talk to her and she also said for my partner to do the same, I’ve also read to do it too so I’m just taking advice, It’s nice bonding time with the baby too so I enjoy it! 🤷🏻‍♀️
Okay so it’s normal, first time mum here as you can tell so don’t know what is normal and what’s not, so was just looking for advice! ☺️

When I was pregnant with ds1, he didn't react to any sounds (loud science explosions and fireworks!)... I found it funny at the time about how he must be a deep sleeper. Turns out he is profoundly Deaf

@Senorasurf ahh thank you for sharing! Bless him! I haven’t been around any really really loud noises at all yet but she just doesn’t seem to move to any sound at all! So I was just wondering more than anything If it was normal or not! Haha

@livingthedream11 there aren't any tests they can do duri no your pregnancy but if you're in the UK, baby will have a hearing screening when they're born (or a few days after). For the vast majority of people, the babies pass with flying colours! For some, there's leftover fluid in the ears from being inside you which does pass over time (some end up needing grommets). Then for some, like us, turns out they got an honorary membership to the world of silence

The only sound my baby reacts to is me tapping my nails off something and ive only noticed that since yesterday (30 weeks) I got my nails done so keep tapping them off the phone screen or table etc… I don’t sing or play music or talk to him really I figure he hears my voice enough during the day (even my awful singing sometimes 😂)

Mine only reacted to sound when I was past 32 weeks so I wouldn’t worry yet. Still ages to go!

Mine only reacted to hairdryer sounds, but I haven't noticed him reacting to voices, singing etc I wouldn't think it's concerning

My little boy didn't react to sound in the womb ever. He didn't react to light either - I spent ages shining torches on my tummy in the dark but nothing! He's 5 1/2 months now and can hear and pin drop and is so nosey!! Xx

I didn't realise this was a thing? I'll see what my midwife says but there's enough to worry about with general movement monitoring don't want to add something that's not necessarily a worry!

@Senorasurf

When I was pregnant with ds1, he didn't react to any sounds (loud science explosions and fireworks!)... I found it funny at the time about how he must be a deep sleeper. Turns out he is profoundly Deaf

Yeah same! I look back at when I used to play music to my bump when pregnant with my profoundly deaf DS and think FFS I remember it crossing my mind that he didn't react and when they did the newborn hearing screen I was like oh! I was so hurt that he hadn't been able to hear all the times I read his little books to him!

Mind you he has cochlear implants now and has spent all day singing Jingle Bells and bellowing 'MUUUMMMMY'

Mine always reacted to sound (with hindsight possibly vibration) and is also profoundly Deaf. We were v excited about her in utero reactions to us or music, so Deaf was a huge surprise!

My babies used to jump to loud noises like hand driers in toilets 🤣 but yes other than that as people have said there wasn’t anything recognisable. They clearly do recognise voices they heard a lot tho once they’re out, it was always super cute to see them calming down and clearly listening to my other half when he first spoke to them because they could recognise his voice.

The only sound my daughter ever reacted to in the womb was when a colleague dropped their metal thermos on the floor right next to me. She was sleeping and it woke her up! I remember it really clearly because that was the only time. I was probably 35 or 36 weeks at that point. Definitely don't worry about it, there's a reason they tell you to drink a cold drink/lie down to get baby moving rather than play it some upbeat music!

Ahh thank you everyone for the stories! She still doesn’t react to sound haha! My partner and I still sing to her though and play her my favourite band 😂 I was worried as such just didn’t know if she should be or not but obviously it’s normal either way! Thank you every one!

I wasn’t worried*