Any tips to increase bubs movenments so he/she flashes the screen?

**Curlygirly** · March 16th, 2011, 10:11 AM

Hi ladies,

I was hoping you had any suggestions that may have worked for you if you went to find out the sex of your baby so he/she was more then active and keen to flash his/her little privates to the screen

Eg: Glass of cold water, chocolate, vegimite..lol

DH and I are looking to find out the sex at 19 weeks but DH has to go away for work so we are going to change the weekend for the 18th week. (Plus wedding anniversary weekend too) But the technician said if bub is not co operating in the 20 minutes then we have to pay again for a viewing (Which we will do but adds up after a while

So any little tricks would be great.

**Cranky Kitten** · March 16th, 2011, 10:19 AM

Hmmm, when I was pregnant with DD towards the end I was being monitored every 3 days and one of the things they wanted was to check her movements - so here's all the things we tried:

Sugar-rush - drink a can of lemonade (or coke if you want to be naughty) about a half hr to an hr before going in for the scan

Cold stuff - icy poles work a treat as they combine cold with sugar to get them wriggling.

Poking wars - I'd find sometimes if I poked my belly a few times DD would poke back or start wriggling around (though this could be more a very late preg thing)

Loud noise - turn the radio in the car up and sing along on the way there. Plus it's fun

Good luck!

**ShootingStar** · March 16th, 2011, 11:13 AM

Id just say the cold water.. but you have to drink water anyways for your scan. I never used anything with my 3 kids and found out each time (5 different scans in total). With DD2, we were able to see the sex but the scan guy was having problems getting other measurements because she was sleeping so he just told me to get up and go do a wee, so maybe if your bubs isnt cooperating you can suggest you do the same.. or just get up, jiggle your tummy a bit or something. That always got my babies moving too.

Best of luck!