Do movements *need* to be only up high?

I know this is something I should ask my doctor, but I'm not seeing him til Tuesday and haven't really thought about it much til now.

Every time I see him he asks where I'm getting most movements, I tell him and then he feels for the baby's position - I assumed me telling him where the movements were helped with that. But the last two times he's said "We like lots of big movements up high". I know the 'big' part is because that means it's feet and the baby's not breech, but does it matter if there are also lots of little movements down low? Isn't it normal for her to be moving her hands too?

Just wondering if it matters if I feel lots of movements all over, or if I really should just be feeling them up the top?

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If you're feeling hands down low bub might be posterior.

Thanks Heaven, I hadn't considered that it could mean she's posterior! So far she hasn't been at any of my appointments - either to the left, the right or straight out in front. But considering she can move that far I'd assume she can swing around to posterior too - bugger!

On Tuesday she had her back to the left, and I just assumed she hadn't moved because the little movements I'm feeling are only on the right. I'll definitely keep track of it though, if they start out the front I'll check out the site again and do what I can to shift her back.

Thanks!

That's good she's been anterior at your appointments! Both my DD's kept moving around all the time right up until labour, mostly anterior but sometimes posterior. I just made sure I kept up the good posture and got on my hands and knees a few times a day and they sorted themselves out when labour started :)

Ah, I gotta spread the love, but thanks :) I started to worry myself overthinking it all today lol

Well, I can tell you with my little 'persistent breech' baby... all my movements are up high. So I'm not convinced that where you feel most movement is necessarily a good indicator of position :)

The movements are different, such as definite kicks to the cervix (ouch!) but most of the movements are up the top.. being the head and hands. :dunno:

Oh Liz, I remember those cervix kicks - ouch! I'm thinking now that he was referring more to the 'big' part more than anything, making sure that what he was feeling at the top was a bum and not a head. Because like you I do feel quite a bit where her head and hands are

I feel little movements down low all the time, but always to one side or the other.. aswell as those 'big' bounces on my cervix with the head. :lol:. The 'big' movements at the top are like big forceful pushes mostly which I figure are legs. I have gotten pointy movements up and down my sides too which I always assumed were elbows. None of my bubs have ever been breech or posterior at any appointments once it mattered.

So, no. You don't need all your movements to be at the top, you just don't really want to feel what you think are hands poking your ribs.

Yeah that's what mine are like berrme, small and to the side. Not feeling the head on the cervix yet though lol. I reckon we had a knee or something poking out the other night, was very surreal! But yeah, thankfully no hands in the ribs :)