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Re: 26 week fetal movement

From: Abbey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:30:29 -0500 (CDT)

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Wow, that sounds exactly like me, except it's my first pregnancy. I felt my first movements around 18 weeks, but they were extremely faint- more like tiny little twinges for the first 4 weeks or so. I often worried that the baby wasn't moving enough, so I was always rushing off to my OB's office to listen for a heartbeat. I found out that I have an anterior placenta, which masks a lot of the kicking when the baby is down low. From 22 to 28 weeks, it got a little stronger, but still seemed very inconsistent. Then right after my 28 week appointment, everything changed dramatically: huge, strong kicks, rolls, punches all day long. I'm now 37 weeks and he hasn't stopped since! I suspect that he probably turned head down at 28 weeks, so he was no longer kicking the placenta. I've never been kicked in the ribs either, though I've gotten a number of very painful kicks when he kicks that leg wayyyy wayyy out! It's pretty amazing-I can't believe I ever worried that he wasn't kicking enough!

At Mon, 15 Apr 2002, LaurieB wrote: >
>I tend to carry my kids low so I've never had a kick in the ribs (thank
>goodness). This is my second pregnancy and was reading in my pregnancy
>book that babies tend to get more active in the 3rd trimester (28
>weeks). I did not read that out loud but somehow I believe my son read
>it too! At 28 weeks exactly he started doing his gymnastics (I was
>beginning to wonder because I hadn't felt many big movements up to that
>point). I feel most of the tickly movements around my hips (I believe
>feet and hands are tickly me as he's still head up). But I've been
>feeling more rolls this last week so you may just have not reached that
>gymnastics stage yet! I had such a big baby move yesterday that my 4
>year old saw it through my dress as were were sitting quietly at church.
>His eyes got real big and he said (in a normal voice at least which was
>still loud for church), "Daddy, did you see that? Mommy's belly just
>moved!" And they say it is harder for first time moms to feel baby
>movement.

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