As I have only ever had twins I am wondering how much a singleton is meant to move about in the womb?

With twins you get to a certain stage where they are fixed in one spot and can't/won't move and before I was having to actually poke them to get a reaction out of them.

Anyway, my pregnancy newsletter came via email about a month ago which said "in the third trimester you should feel 10 movements every hour and you need to make a diary to keep a tally of movements"
That to me seemed a little excessive particularly since my baby is small and if she moves towards my back sometimes I will only feel the odd poke to my pelvic floor and it's really only if she begins to move to the front of me that I feel everything she does.

I got a new pregnancy newsletter which was talking about how at 29 weeks you baby is now to big to kick and punch it's mother and how I won't feel as much activity - ROTF what are these people on? She can kick and punch like Ali!.

I suppose there is REALLY no general rule. I thought it was excessive to say the baby should move 10 x in an hour, sometimes she is asleep, sometimes she is right on my back KWIM?

Yes, I too have heard that statement about 10 movements every hour. I agree that it is a bit excessive to be constantly keeping a tally of movements - it sounds like a recipe for unnecessary stress. Mostly we are probably too busy to notice all the little movements. I had also thought that if baby is asleep you wouldn't be feeling much. It also depends a lot on the position of the baby and placenta. I was told that I may not feel so much because the placenta is at the front - but I have been feeling really strong kicks everywhere from quite early on (maybe I have a particularly feisty baby growing in there :D ). I think that you would realise if there hadn't been any movement for long enough to be a real concern. I remember with my last pregnancy wondering what was going on at times when I didn't feel movement for what seemed like quite a while - but he was always fine.

I used to get moms in all the time in L& D because they couldn't get their movement counts. The key is to just take time to notice once a day WHEN your baby is already quite active. :) It isn't that you should try to notice every hour 10 movements but take time when you notice the bugger is moving all around to count and you should have 10. Most women get ten within the first few mintues when the bugger is being active! Women would wait till the child was quiet and try to get their counts.Babies do sleep inutero so that doesn't work. It's just a general guideline to help practitioners catch something up with the placenta as it ages etc...and other "things" that can happen in the last trimester. :D

Leslie [hug] [rofllol] I had to laugh at your post "the Bugger?" maybe next time I visit my obstetrician and he askes me about movements Ill say "The bugger is moving just fine thank you"

I know from times I wake early, bub is active while I am asleep at say 4am and then is quiet quiet until I get up at 8am + when she generally pushes her knees and her favourite - her bottom into my rib area.

She had the hiccups this morning which was very amusing and now I can feel her hands "bubbling" around. I TA you don't feel the baby when it is sleeping and since babies sleep a lot, it does seem silly to tell women to count 10 in a hour :shock:

Why oh why do these people have to torment pregnant women with these scary newsletters?

hello everyone.

this is my first time here. this means that you guys must be very far gone in your pregnancy. I am just 18 weeks and this is my second pregnancy. my first was a miscarriage at 12 weeks. i am really looking forward to my little bugger moving as well. :D