i'm almost 29 weeks and baby boy has been having soccer scrimmages for the last two weeks! even as i type now, he's moving around everywhere...!
when in the 3rd trim did the kicks slow down for you? (as they get bigger)
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Hmmm...I felt LOs kicks stongly until the end. They were less kick-y but more stretchy. Like, I would see her elbow run across my belly.
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LO moved around a lot til the very end!
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The type of movement has changed for me in the last week. I'm 33w1d right now. They've changed from super kicks to just feeling a lot of movement in general. Every time he readjusts or squirms I feel it ALL over. It's not a big kick with a ton of momentum behind it...it's just him moving in general. I notice it a lot more now I think because it's almost constant.
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Around 35 weeks it changed from kicks to movement in general - big movements that are much more noticeable than kicks!
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I hope it goes to the very end! I'm actually super nervous about this. I had a friend who's baby passed away unexpectedly and no one listened to her concerns about lack of movement at the end because they just figured the baby was too big by that point.
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I'm 33&6 tonight and he is moving more than ever. It gets painful but stays heartwarming nonetheless
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She still kicks me and she's almost 6 months old! The never slowed down for me.
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My lo never did slow the kicks down! She was a feisty little girl straight through labor.
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I'm 35 weeks and the movements just keep increasing, now it's not just kicks like @bienlivingdesign points, there is a lot more elbo and knee drags, it's a little painful and keeps me up at night =] but I LOVE it!!
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I thinkthe kicks kept up all the way until the very end! They got more intense, I felt, Ben though I would think opposite since DD was running out of room. Boy do I miss belly movements now!
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@highwire: OMG.
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At 32 weeks I can say that this kid hasn't slowed down for a second!
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@ladyfingers: I know! Ugh so sad. She went on to have a perfectly healthy boy and is actually pregnant for a third time now, with another boy.
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@Rubies: Ditto - definitely more stretchy at the end.
@Highwire: Butterbean has slowed down in the past 24 hours - thank goodness I have an appointment today, or I would be a nervous wreck. (I am 39/1 today!)
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@MsLipGloss: Oh gosh totally didn't mean to make anyone worried! I just hope my friend's story encourages ladies to make sure to get checked if they feel nervous at all!
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she is definitely still wiggly. sometimes it's just basic movement, but sometimes it's like she's trying to box her way out. it's really scary looking, like alien encounter! haha!
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I'm 35 weeks today, and she is still kicking away, straight into my rib cage...I think they might be bruised (and I wish I was joking!) I do feel her "roll" more now that she's bigger which gives me the feeling of being on a roller coaster.
Overall thought she's moving the same amount, even though I'm able to tell better when she naps and when she's awake! She likes her sleep, so lets hope that continues when she's out! haha but her 5:15 wake up time will need to be discussed
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I'm 375d and the movement has changed from strong kicks to flutters and general "rolling." I also noticed a slight change in movement patterns, rather than being all day they tend to be at night/first thing in the morning with just sporadic in between (like right after I eat). My other pregnancy was the same.
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this is totally not doctor-approved advice, haha, but I had an hour-long ultrasound yesterday as part of a study. they basically watched LO for 7 minutes, turned off for 3, watched for 7, etc. At the end she was about asleep and they played a loud buzzer near my belly and she woke right up and started moving.
so moral of the story..if anyone gets super nervous, obviously call your OB, BUT...playing a loud noise really quick near your belly might get him/her moving! lol!
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@Highwire: No worries! I have just become increasingly paranoid about the slow down in movement, and now that I am so close to the end, sometimes I get panicky that something will go wrong.
@JessieJo17: My bellybutton has felt bruised on occasion!
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@highwire: Wow I think that if I’d gone through something like that I’d be TERRIFIED to go through another pregnancy- so paranoid!
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@highwire: so sad :(((((
i guess my original question was misleading. i was wondering when the soccer kicks turn into the big wavy motions that PPs have mentioned
guess i have a few more weeks of soccer scrimmages before the big wave like movement -
It never stopped for me. My son was active right up to the day I gave birth. And even now at 5 months he never stops moving his legs!
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@Highwire: as it turns out, I was not imagining decreased movement . . . I mentioned it to my OB today during my appt, and long story short, my amino fluid is low and now I am being induced. So trust your instincts ladies! Butterbean should be here sometime tomorrow.
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@MsLipGloss: oh my goodness! Good luck.
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@MsLipGloss: wow!!! how exciting!! Good luck with the induction, mama!
Over the last two-three weeks or so, the movements have become more of the rolls and full body jiggles (I'm 32w3d).
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My LO never really slowed her movement. Although, I will say she did slow down just a little bit 2 days before I was induced at 40w6d. I mentioned it and my OB did an ultrasound and my fluid was starting to get low, hence the induction.
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@mrsjyw: I noticed the change in movement at 30 weeks -- I'm only 32+3 now... But someone else described the elbow and knee rolls which is sorta painful - but it started with those - and less kicking, more moves..... You'll probably notice it really soon!
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I felt them until the end!
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