Are kick counts necessary?

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And someone tell me how to... lol

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Knowing and paying attention to baby’s normal patterns is what’s important. If baby lessens movement or changes their patterns then you need to be seen.

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I don’t think you have to actually sit and count kicks every day but you def should be aware of baby’s movements regularly once you hit 28 weeks. I was always very aware and at 40+1 with my daughter I realized she stopped moving. Ended up in a csection a few hours later cuz her heart rate had been dropping. So it was good I trusted my instincts and paid attention to movement (or lack there of)

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Learning you baby’s patterns are important. They change and grow and will have more active weeks and more calm weeks. I am on my second anterior placenta and have never done a kick count.

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Only once you hit 29 weeks. And you just count how many times baby kicks in an hour

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Learning patterns has been more helpful for me. For two weeks they kick all day every day and then for two weeks they kick a lot less and when I go in they are always having a growth spurt. If I’m hungry all the time, they kick all day and if I’m barely able to eat they kick less and it’s always tied to their growing. So I’ve figured out the pattern and I get less worried. Find out their patterns per day but also per week especially as you get to your third trimester.

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i never did this. but i know this baby is super active right around 7/8 at night and in the morning . my midwife put a note on my chart to  all if i feel less than 10 movements in 4 hours tho, this for me isn’t so much kicks anymore it’s more rolls and things like that. knowing when your baby is active is key.

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Count 10 movements or kicks within an hour or 2 (some doctors say 1 hour.. mine says 2) but this shouldn’t start until 28-30 weeks (mine was 30 because i have an anterior placenta which makes movements much harder to feel)

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I never counted kicks. Once baby starts moving a bit, you’ll get to know what normal for him/her. Later in pregnancy, as long as you’re feeling movement every hour or so, you’re good

Are kick counts necessary?

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