Movement 32 Weeks to Birth - How Often?

[Isobelles_mumma]

Im 33 weeks, and my bub still moves heaps! my last bub i could hardly feel at all, i thought bub was spose to start slowing down when labour is near but ive been having contractions on and off since last sunday and her movement hasnt changed, so i guess it depends on the baby

[Cranky Kitten]

No real change in movement here either. If anything, it's maybe gotten more frequent as some of the smaller movements that I might not have noticed previously can be felt quite distinctly - that or he's just being a wiggle-bum this morning.

I think the numbers mentioned by the midwife are maybe a base number, if it's less than that they might want to get you in for monitoring or a scan to check bloodflow through the cord - when I was pg with DD she noticeably dropped off in her movements at about 35 weeks, which resulted in my being sent for an u/s and then ctg every 3 days until she was born (induced due to non-reactive ctg, or lack of movement) at 38 weeks.

Wouldn't worry too much about bub being *more* active, except in terms of gee am I going to get any sleep tonight?

[alish]

my bubs has only just started slowing down in the last couple of days, she was mental up until now.. still has her moments tho!