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Re: Marked decline in fetal movement...should I be alarmed?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:05:18 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Rach wrote: >
>I am 21wks 5days. I had a normal ultrasound last week, showing a very
>active baby. For the past two days, I have noticed that the baby seems
>to be moving alot less. I still feel kicks here and there, but not the
>flurry of movement that I was feeling for two weeks prior. I had been
>feeling a great deal of movement in the evening after dinner. Last
>night, I felt maybe three movements in four hours. I felt a few kicks
>today (maybe four). Should I be concerned? Could the baby be facing a
>different direction, thus making kicks less perceptable? Should I call
>my doctor? Thanks in advance!

If you were lying down and counting all the kicks and only had 4, that might be abnormal. Most kicks don't get felt because the Mother is too occupied with doing other things to notice. It never hurts to call your Doctor. At 21 weeks there isn't anything to do about it though, even if it is abnormal.

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