Experiences of increased baby movement

[HLouise94]

Hi all,
I’m looking for people’s experiences of increased movement in pregnancy. I am currently 26 weeks pregnant after a still birth at 37 weeks last year, so I am incredibly anxious and worried about movements all the time. I have an anterior placenta and so movements have been cushioned from time to time but nevertheless there has been a pattern. The last 24 hours baby has been movement what seems like constantly so I popped into triage to be checked and they sent me for a scan. Everything looked fine on the scan which has massively eased my mind. Has anybody ever noticed an increase in movement around this gestation? I’m wondering if baby is just having a really active few days!

I did when I was just slightly further on. Baby didn't stop moving for hours, it was constant to the point of uncomfortable. I went to triage, like you, and spent hours there. I was on the monitor for ages until baby calmed down which he did eventually. It was really unnerving him being so active but it turns out it was just a very active day and he went back to normal shortly after and is now a happy healthy boy (with a wild energy). It can be really worrying but you did the right thing getting checked and I'm glad you're reassured. Wishing you all the best for the remainder of your pregnancy.

Around 26 weeks movements started to get a lot more forceful and obvious - now visible on my bump not just by touch.
I have an interior placenta too, mine is in the bottom left corned and I think the increase in movement correlated with him moving higher up. I'm 33 weeks now and this is where the movements have stayed. I have some hours where I really think he's trying to break through my abdomen!