Can baby be moving too much?
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Topic: Can baby be moving too much?
Posted By: catisla
Subject: Can baby be moving too much?
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:34pm
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Ok - so my paranoia has got the better of me, and I just want to check on something:
Baby has been moving pretty much constantly since i got up this morning (at 10.30). How much movement is too much? I have been sitting by the lounge window in the sun, so maybe it is the heat and light bothering him/her? I have also been having BHs all morning too. Should i be at all concerned? ------------- |
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:44pm
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I would worry id baby wasnt moving enough....but moving alot is good...IMO.
It could also be that you are not having BH but mini congractions.....  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:52pm
thanks  I do much prefer this to too few movements!
Think it must be BHs as they ease off when i change position (still a bit too soon for baby to come!) Off to have a warm bath now anyway to see if that eases things ------------- |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:53pm
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Have you been eating or drinking anything particularly sugary or stimulating?
Both of mine were very wriggly bubs in utero and still are for that matter! I remember having days when my tum just felt bruised from the constant jiggling and poking from the inside! I don't think you need to worry about it, s/he is probably just having fun dancing around in there ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 4:02pm
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i had just eaten a huge fried breakfast which probably had something to do with it, on reflection.
Oh - so many things to get paranoid about from now and for the rest of my life! 
BHs have stopped and Baby has now gone back to sleep after my bath, so doubtless by 7 o'clock this evening i will be prodding my belly in an effort to get it to move again . . . ------------- |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 4:06pm
| j and T were both heavily affected by caffeine. when i was pregant I didn't drink much with caffeine in it cause they went NUTS. My kids were big movers so much so that i never needed to do that movement count thing. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 4:09pm
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Both my boys were big movers, there was only one day that Josh didn't move and that was when I paniced. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 9:26pm
my bubby has been busy in here since 16wks and even more so in the last couple of weeks. dh and i think its great and my dr says its a good sign  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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 Little Angel, April 10
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 9:28pm
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I found Chiara would have several days where she moved non stop all day then a few days where I'dbe struggling to count the ten movements. Gremlins were like an octopus 24-7, well actually Mercedes was, Sienna didn't move much at all. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:55am
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this one moves all the time too! it's weird coz i didn't notice V doing it as much but last time i was busy with work doing errands, driving round picking kids & dropping kids at school & various activities.
I think he enjoys the fact that mummy isn't a rush around mummy anymore, busy but not rush around. lol. He suaully has a couple of really active days, Then a quiet one where it's almost as if it's gotten too much for him -------------   
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Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 12:55pm
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thanks guys.
Ha! Baby has now been really quiet for the last two days - just getting one little movement every couple of hours or so .. . i knew that would happen! ------------- |
Posted By: Helen21
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 4:17pm
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I remember with Miya I was about 38weeks and gave in to my cravings for a V after being so good at cutting out all caffine(apart from chocolate) she did not stop kicking and doing flips for about two days almost non stop! It was awful because my ribs felt bruised and it just made me feel sick whenever I ate anything. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Chloe 12/7/03 Miya 5/11/05 |
Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 5:05pm
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oh wow, last time when i had a V (only one every few weeks) i foudn Vincent would settle down. it almost had the opposite affect on him -------------
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