Baby Movement Tracking

[HeliosWife]

Hello,

FTM, actually had my son 6 weeks ago. Throughout my pregnancy I had a lot of anxiety around his movements & had around 16 trips to triage (thankfully always ok!). I found the advice on patterns not very helpful as his did change, then the whole gentler/weaker movements thing got me confused too.

I was always curious about people who never experienced as high anxiety on this & how they kept track/monitored movements. If this was/is you, please share how you manage(d) it. Did your baby actually have a pattern, or were they super active.

Interested to hear. 😊

I’m 23 weeks pregnant now and also FTM. As I understand it some trusts no longer advise monitoring for a pattern as it’s not possible to detect or there sometimes isn’t a pattern and it causes worry. Sorry it caused you so much worry too

I’ve become more reassured as the movements have become stronger and more frequent. They felt less noticeable yesterday though and it was slightly worrying me before they picked up again

I am 30 weeks and my 3rd pregnancy and definitely the pattern is not clear at all. She will have 2 days of moving loads and then a day or two of being really quiet. I wonder if it’s because she moves to a position where I can’t feel her as much. I have rung triage a couple of times but then she started moving and I haven’t gone. I did get a private scan a few weeks ago to check growth etc looked ok. It does worry me a lot though. Especially as my other two were very active the whole way through.

@SlightlyTerrifiedButPolite @2boysandadog2 Thank you for your responses, & congratulations to you both on your pregnancies, wishing you both all the best.

@SlightlyTerrifiedButPolite - I did hear the guidance around pattern monitoring changed, however, I don't think all trusts got the memo! I mentioned it to a midwife and she seemed pretty bewildered by it! 😅