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Oh yeah. I'm 30+2 and my baby has slow days and busy days. It just depends on their positioning. As long as you can still get ten movements (count swishes and turns, not just solid kicks) within an hour then there's nothing to worry about.

At 37 weeks I have been able to kind of figure out her schedule, my doctor says 5 good movements an hour, otherwise call in to be monitored. I can go 2 hours without a solid movement, but she will start kicking like a mad woman (aka wakes up from her nap) soon after. Also try lying on your left side for an hour and relaly concentrate since she/he could be in a position where you just aren't feeling them as much.

At 36 weeks I can definitely attest to the fact that there are sometimes slower days! Sometimes he'll have a slow day 2 days in a row and then the next day is moving nonstop, seemingly without any breaks to sleep lol. I also recommend laying on your left side

@MamaMoose: Right?? I've told DH that a few times. I'll freak out because he has a quiet day and then I'll freak out when he seems to NEVER take a rest to sleep. Uh oh

Yup that is very normal! They don't have a lot of room to move around.

And ha! M was relatively quiet in the womb but she never naps and she is a crazy mover!

same as pp's have said...some days she is so quiet and i get worried, then the next day, she'll kick and move and turn and make a ruckus. i think i read somewhere that sometimes they go thru a growth phase and are really quiet and sleep a lot.

also, at 28 weeks, i went to get an ultrasound and i didn't feel a darn thing but the ultrasound showed she was moving around in there, but i couldn't feel it yet.