How To Count Baby ᴋɪᴄᴋs Month On Month
Feeling your baby ᴋɪᴄᴋ is one of the most ᴇɴᴛʜʀᴀʟʟɪɴɢ moments for any woman during their pregnancy. And it is not just for the expectant mom, feeling your baby’s movements can be a fascinating experience for the dad-to-be as well. You suddenly realize how real it all is and that you have a real person growing inside you. The feeling is sᴜʀʀᴇᴀʟ. Tʜᴇ ɴᴀᴜsᴇᴀ, ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙᴜʀɴs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴘᴀɪɴ will suddenly seem worth it once you feel that little flutter.
Baby Movements In The First Trimester
You are unlikely to feel any movements during the first trimester of your pregnancy. If your doctor does an ultrasound, say around your 12th week or so, he/she may point out that your baby has already started moving and rolling inside your womb. But you are unlikely to experience any movements without an ultrasound during this period. But don’t worry, your baby will make up for the lack of movements during the second and third ᴛʀɪᴍᴇsᴛᴇʀs.
The second trimester is going to be an exciting one in your pregnancy when the ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ sɪᴄᴋɴᴇss is starting to fade away and you start feeling tiny flutters in your belly. It might be hard to understand your baby’s first movements initially as your baby is still small and you are not used to anything like it before. But slowly, you will begin to feel these movements which are also known as quickening. Women can experience quickening as early as 14th week, however, most women experience it once they are into 18 weeks of pregnancy.
How To Count Your Baby’s Movements
Monitor your baby’s movements when you first start feeling them, which is somewhere around your second trimester. By keeping track of your baby’s movements, you will also see a pattern. Slowly you will be able to figure out when they are most active. It can be after a workout or having a meal or after drinking something cold. Women also find that their babies are more active later in the evening, after 9 p.m. when the ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ sᴜɢᴀʀ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟs sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴅᴇᴄʟɪɴɪɴɢ . The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend monitoring your baby’s movements and timing how long it takes to feel ten Fʟᴜᴛᴛᴇʀs, ᴋɪᴄᴋs, ʀᴏʟʟs, ᴏʀ sᴡɪsʜᴇsc. You should be experiencing 10 movements within 2 hours.
If you have not felt 10 movements within a period of 2 hours, wait for a few hours and try again. If you do not feel 10 baby ᴋɪᴄᴋs after trying for the second time, contact your doctor immediately. By now you might be familiar with your baby’s movements and patterns. If you observe any significant deviation from this pattern over a period of 3 to 4 days, contact your doctor.Counting your baby’s movements every day will help you notice any significant deviations or changes and it can also help you in identifying potential problems. Don’t panic if you are not able to figure out what you are feeling at a couple of times in the beginning. Slowly but surely you will notice a pattern.
