Hi there,

I felt Olivia move from 16 weeks and she was always very active up until about 30 weeks and then she quietened down. My OB suggested that as a baby gets gigger there is less room to move around so you feel less kicks and the sensation of the baby rolling is less obvious to us to feel.

Certainly babies do seem to move more when you are resting (because your motion is not lulling them to sleep). So if Olivia was having a "quiet day" & I wanted to reassure myself I would have a cold drink (cold milk or cold orange juice) which is said to get them moving a bit, and then lie down on the bed for a read, & usually within 10 mins or so I could feel her moving again!

When I was still at work my job involved a lot of walking between sites, so I always made an effort to sit down at my desk after lunch and have a cold drink and she would start having a party as I checked my emails!