Crazy active baby in the womb

[Faith25]

Hi, I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant and a bit paranoid. My baby moves non-stop in womb from the day I first started feeling movements. They don’t seem to sleep or at least I don’t feel like they ever sleep. Is this a bad sign? Do they turn out neurotypical kids?

My first baby was very active, he's autistic and non verbal.

My second wasn't as active and is NT.

So by your logic, your child will have an issue. Of course that's only if you have scientific studies and data to back up any correlation between fetal movement and future diagnosis of a development disorder. ... Do you?

Mine was super active and has ADHD

On The positive side he is super alert and pretty clever!

My older one was so inactive that we kept having to go hospital to get things monitored.I would be advised to eat chilli or drink iced water to see if that would trigger some sort of movement. He has autism and adhd.

The other one I have no memory at all what he was like. He's NT.

I really do not think you can extrapolate, really.

Mine was like that and one of the midwives actually warned me that she may continue to be very active after she was born. She was at six, still very, very active. I don’t know if she has adhd (it does run in the family) but she is very smart, great at communicating, funny and uses up a lot of her energy in playing sports, making friends and constantly climbing. She can get to the top of a bus stop by gripping and pulling herself up. She can also do pull ups and backflips and somersaults. We are putting her into gymnastics soon 😅

I forgot to say, I don’t think there is a connection really though. I found it quite hard to get used to how active my child is (she has a little six pack!). It was utterly exhausting when she was a baby, much better once she could actually do more and master things like scooting/ biking/ sports/ school and was social. But I should have seen it coming really. Her dad is similar and my own family and I have always had bad problems with inattentiveness to the point where I finished school in a specialist college. Is there a lot of adhd in your family?

Mine moved non stop throughout my entire pregnancy. She has a disability but is NT.

Mine did not stop moving and the second i could feel before 12 weeks because whe was SO active. Both absolutely NT.

I’m scared with the activity level this child has in utero. No, we don’t have adhd in our family.

I don’t think there is any scientific evidence just read some mothers mentioning it but then again that number is too small to make a conclusion. Just wanted to know the experience of other people

Have you spoken to your doctor or midwife about your concerns?

I had a very active pregnancy who is now a 13yo who plays an insane amount of sport.

Yes, they say it’s normal for some babies to be overly active.

Im currently 33wks and have a super active baby in the womb. I feel it more when I'm laying down, and sometimes the kicks and movements are painful. He's probably running out of space in the womb too which doesn't help.
Also been getting a lot of braxton hicks which makes it more uncomfortable for me.

DD was so active in the womb that they struggled to get a clear ultrasound of her. She even flipped from head down to breach half way through active labour.

She's a fireball.

Good luck OP, you're going to need it.

Ds2 was crazy active. If I was awake he was thrashing around. He has ASD.

Ds3 was a steady calm baby, had 4-5 periods of calm activity per day, and continued this pattern after birth and was the easiest baby I know. He also has ASD. H and I are both autistic which probably explains the autism more than baby movements.