decreased movement?

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I am 38 weeks today and I have noticed very decreased movement. She usually moves all day everyday. I don't know if I just haven't been paying attention or if she actually isn't moving much. Is this something to be worried about? I'm laying on my side and tried drinking some cold water and I just get very minimal movement. My dr said decreased movement go to labor and delivery but I don't want to go in if I'm overreacting. :/ what should I be looking for? Should I just call L&D?

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I just went to labor and delivery today to be monitored for this reason! The last few days baby has been super chill and it worried me. We got there and his heartbeat was wonderful and they assured me that this is just his norm now as we get closer. I told them over and over how silly i felt and they all said they would much rather someone go in to be safe! So if you feel like you should then definitely give them a call and just see what they say! Itll ease your mind:) but the discharge papers they gave me said 10 movements in 2 hours is what you should pay attention for. Good luck mama!

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I agreed to start counting kicks, see if you get 10 kicks within two hours at a time that you know baby is most active (for me it was evening). I panicked about this earlier this week and ended up going into the hospital late at night and everything was just fine. They are just getting so big that there is little room in there. I'm 39 weeks + 6 days.

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Thank you all so much! I think she's just tight in there! I chugged juice again this morning and she's moving just not as big as I'm use to. She must be growing or hopefully getting ready to make her appearance 😉 if things don't change today I'll give l&d a call and see if they want us in or not.

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I say normal, baby getting bigger so less room to move around. I felt the same way too even with drinking cold water. 39+3

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First advice before u call anywhere is to count ur baby kicks. At 38 weeks he/she won't move so much like before but normal is to have 10 movements in 2 hours. count it love! if is less then 10 or at all, call imediatly to hospital or go to hospital!

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Hi, don't ignore a change in movements. I'm 38+2 and had no movement yesterday. Midwife suggested I try; lying on left side, Ice cold drink, something sugary and move around. None of this got baby to move so they invited me in for assessment. Like you I thought am I overreacted etc, but they were lovely. They did a tracing for 30 mins and right on cue baby started to move very reassuring and not a waste of anyone's time to know little one is ok. They booked me an extra scan in 3 days time to check placenta which apparently normal practice. Excellent care and never once made to feel like a nuisance. Good luck and I'm sure baby is just fine xxxxx

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I believe drinking cold water will actual stop/decrease her movement. Try eating something sugary. Fruit counts as something sugary! Baby is just running out of room. But you should feel 10 movements a day they say.

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I'll be 37wk & I've noticed baby boy gradually decreased his movements in the last wk or so. I was told you should still feel about 4 movements per hr. Sometimes he's wild & then we'll have a day he doesn't do much. Just keep an eye on things. Don't feel silly for overreacting either. Better safe then sorry.

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