Does baby keep kicking during labour?

[chocolatecatty]

Lol, and here I was thinking 'as if a baby would kick during labour - surely they'd be focussing on the task at hand!'.

[Chalalan]

Mee too ChocolateCatty! I thought they'd get into the zone and go all passive but obviously not!

Ow to the kick in the cervix Dachlostar.

Good luck with the birth EJM - let us know if your little man does kick during labour.

[Lucy]

Homestly, I cannot for the life of me remember feeling any kicks through any of my labours. Olivia particularly was a hefty kicker whilst I was pg, but during labour I was focused on the contractins......maybe the kicking paled in comparison?

[Cassius2]

Yep, have to say that Leila was a wriggler all through pg and during labour. everytime contraction would come over (during the early ones particularly) she would push against it (not much room for kicking when she was 38 weeks!!). after a while though i stopped noticing...must have been when contractions outweighed the kicking discomfort!! LOL!

Good luck with your labour, it's amazing what us women can do!!

[EJM]

I think I was hoping that he would be concentrating on getting out... I can also imagine legs kicking like a little swimmer in an attempt to go down the birth canal

I guess we will wait and see! I'll let you know, hopefully sooner rather than later!

[MantaRay]

My boys were both kickers too, but I have no idea if they kicked during labour. TBH, I was too busy concentrating on breathing though pains and doing what had to be done, to notice!

[~Saram~]

DS was induced with syntocin and ARm at 36 wks and I only felt him kick as they broke my waters

DD was induced post dates with ARM and she kicked and squirmed the whole time. She was also posterier and I felt her turing for the first hour of labour. She quietened a little during active labour (or I was tuned out) but I remember her kicking in between contrax when we were pushing. It wasn't as weird as you might think :-)