Is she kicking TOO much?

[Mumwithrum]

Hi everyone,

Today I'm 40+5. Has anyone had it where they have been overdue and baby has been kicking a bit too much? I've asked my midwife 3 times now if there is such thing as kicking too much, as I'm watching out for a decrease in fetal movements, but I'm wondering if there is such thing as too much fetal movements.

I've had no bleeding, except pinkish tinge to my mucus plug (two weeks ago), no BH and no contractions, but I'm very worried that she's distressed in there and no one would know. My midwife said on Tuesday that being too active isn't really a thing, and as long as she's kicking she fine, but I don't want anything to be wrong with her.

The amount she's kicking and the strength that she's moving and kicking is killing me. Physically hurting me, winding me, making me sick and she doesn't calm down she goes for absolutely hours - am example she started kicking me around 8ish last night, and was still going at 2:30am. I'm genuinely really concerned but my midwife just keeps saying being very active is a good thing.

I'm scared she's going to get all tangled up in there with her cord or rupture the placenta.

Anyone else have experience with a very, annoyingly active spud? Am I just over reacting? I'm a FTM, not had the greatest of pregnancies, so I appreciate I COULD be overreacting.

Please don't worry, my first was like this to the point I can remember sitting in the ante-natal clinic and the other women in the waiting room were staring open mouthed at my stomach moving around so much where he was kicking and moving around. It would go on for ages and right up until the end of the pregnancy. He's 38 now and he still can't keep still.

Go to daycare and have a CTG

I'd go in just say your movements have changed and your worried they'll do a ctg. the Tommy's guidance says any change whether decrease or increase

One of mine was like that. Also did what appeared to be 'stand up' and do a full forward roll during labour. The midwife was like 'huh, not seen that before'. Was like something out of a horror film.

She was fine.ish. There was meconium in the waters when she was born but it was fine.

How did you get on x

@cultkid haven't managed to speak to anyone from the midwife unit or anything yet. I've left a voice message and they will call be back at some point! She's still kicking away though! Feeling slightly better that others have hyperactive ones!

My baby was fine OP but I was absolutely told to go in for monitoring when DS2 was suddenly much more active - they said it's the change in movements which is concerning, not whether they speed up or slow down exactly. Ring the hospital and explain.