What to do if you can t feel fetal movement in the third trimester

You should go to the hospital for a check-up to see what the cause is.

When a woman becomes pregnant, when she has her first prenatal checkup, the doctor will calculate the due date based on the time of your last period. Since then, pregnant women are looking forward to the arrival of the due date, so that they can be liberated and see their babies again. There are also pregnant mothers who have passed the due date and have their labor induced due to insufficient amniotic fluid.

So what's going on with the fetus not starting in the third trimester? What should pregnant women do before giving birth?

In fact, the due date is not an exact date of birth of the baby, it is just a time calculated by the doctor based on the time of your last period. Because we are not sure when the fertilized egg implants, there is no way to calculate the specific time, and it is normal for the fetus to start before or after the due date. After knowing the due date, pregnant women look forward to the arrival of the due date, so that they can be liberated and see their babies again.

There are also exceptions for pregnant women, my cousin's sister was pregnant last year, and this Monday was the due date, but I haven't heard the news of her birth, and then I asked to know that the due date has not been started, and the doctor told me to wait. According to surveys, about 5% of fetuses are born on the due date. Therefore, pregnant women should not be entangled in the due date all the time, as long as they insist on prenatal check-ups, there is no need to worry about the normal development of the fetus.

Before the fetus starts, the pregnant woman can prepare these things.

Like ID cards, birth permits, social security cards, and so on. You can prepare everything in advance, and don't have to go home and pick it up again when you need it. In addition, pregnant women should also prepare baby clothes, wet wipes, nursing pads, hygiene products, etc., so that everything needed after childbirth can be directly taken out and used.

It is important to know that childbirth is a very physically demanding event, and pregnant women need to have sufficient strength. Therefore, pregnant women should still insist on supplementing nutrition before childbirth, on the one hand, it is the development needs of the fetus, and on the other hand, it can also store energy for pregnant women to give birth.

1.Prepare the documents and items required for production.

Pregnant women need a lot of documents to give birth, such as ID cards, birth permits, social security cards, etc. You can prepare it all in advance, don't have to go home and pick it up again when you use it. In addition, pregnant women should also prepare baby clothes, wet wipes, nursing pads, hygiene products, etc., so that everything needed after childbirth can be taken out and used directly, so that they will not be in a hurry.

2.Supplemental nutrition.

In the prenatal period, pregnant women should still insist on supplementing nutrition, on the one hand, the development needs of the fetus, and on the other hand, it can also store energy for pregnant women to give birth. It is important to know that childbirth is a very physically demanding event, and pregnant women need to have sufficient strength. In addition, you can also prepare some energy drinks, chocolates and other food items.

During childbirth, the pregnant woman can replenish energy and avoid abnormal conditions due to lack of energy.

3.Keep moving.

Giving birth is a very hard and painful process, and pregnant women can do some targeted exercises before childbirth, so that they can reduce the pain and go more smoothly during childbirth. Like climbing stairs, you can exercise the pelvic muscles of pregnant women, of course, the exercise should not be strenuous and within your own tolerance.

If you feel that the fetal movement is relatively small, or you can't feel the fetal movement, this situation may be an abnormal phenomenon, first of all, you need to rule out whether there is hypoxia, so you need to go to the hospital, judge the development of the embryo through B ultrasound examination, combined with fetal heart rate monitoring to further clarify the diagnosis, if necessary, take oxygen inhalation**.

Do health science exercises that help in childbirth. Try to avoid sex to avoid premature rupture of membranes or even premature birth. When you go out, you must be accompanied, do not go to crowded places, pay attention to the safety of your feet, and prevent falling.

Do not work continuously and need to take appropriate breaks. Try to do as little housework as possible and avoid unnecessary work.

Do not use drugs that affect the fetus during pregnancy, and if you get sick in the third trimester, it is best to use physical**. If you need to take medication, be sure to follow your doctor's instructions. It is also necessary to control the diet and eat small, frequent meals. Pay attention to personal hygiene and maintain good cleaning habits.

Expectant mothers' constitution is one of the important factors affecting the number of fetal movements, so many expectant mothers want to have a unified measurement standard to calculate how normal fetal movements are in the third trimester.

Count the number of fetal movements.

After 32 weeks of pregnancy, fetal movements are more frequent and stronger, and there is a certain regularity. At this time, the pregnant woman should follow the doctor's advice to observe the growth of the fetus according to the number of fetal movements. When measuring the number of fetal movements, pregnant women can divide the day into three time periods of morning, noon and evening, and calculate the number of fetal movements in the morning, noon and evening one hour in the position of lying on the left side, and multiply the sum of the three calculations by 4 to obtain the result of 12 hours of fetal movements.

Determine whether the fetal movement is normal.

Usually, more than 3 movements per hour are normal. The 12-hour fetal movement is based on 30, and the number of fetal movements exceeds 30 times to be considered normal. If it is between 10 and 20 times, it indicates that there is a problem and the fetus may be in a state of hypoxia; If the number of fetal movements is less than 10, the fetus is very likely to be life-threatening.

During this period, once the number of fetal movements is found to be too small, expectant mothers should immediately go to the hospital for examination to see if the fetus is growing healthily and solve the problem in time to protect the fetus.

Fetal movement occurs during the third trimester, which is an important sign of approaching labor. But everyone also found that in the third trimester, the fetal movement is significantly reduced, everyone is worried about whether the pregnancy has changed, everyone is still very worried, is it normal for the fetal movement to decrease in the third trimester?

Is it normal for fetal movements to decrease in the third trimester.

It is normal for the fetus to move less after the baby enters the pelvis in the third trimester. At 32 weeks of gestation, fetal movements are most frequent, and the maximum number of fetal movements per day can reach 1,000 times. As the number of months of pregnancy increases, as the fetus grows older, there will be less and less space in the womb for him to move, so his fetal movements will be less and less frequent than before.

However, if the fetus is deprived of oxygen in the womb, it will also cause fetal movement to decrease and weaken, and expectant mothers should pay attention.

Generally speaking, after 33 weeks of pregnancy, you will begin to feel less fetal movement, but when the hospital checks, you must pay attention to the time of fetal movement, fixed time, morning, noon and evening, must be fixed, if 8 to 9 o'clock in the morning, no 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock at noon, 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock in the afternoon, it doesn't matter if the fetal movement is not less than three times in an hour, if it is two or once, immediately count another hour, if it is still not enough, listen to the fetal heart rate in the nearest hospital to see what is wrong.

To sum up, it is normal for fetal movements to decrease in the third trimester in some cases, and everyone can know whether the baby is healthy as long as they count the fetal movements.

Methods of self-testing for fetal movements.

To monitor fetal movements at home, you must first have a certain understanding of common sense of fetal movements. Each fetus has a different amount of activity, some are active, some are quiet. Different pregnant mothers may feel that the number of fetal movements will be different.

However, their activities in the womb have their own rules and normal ranges, and careful pregnant mothers will master the baby's movement rules after a period of time.

1. Find free time to measure the number of fetal movements every day: from the 28th week of pregnancy, pregnant women should find free time every day (it is recommended after dinner, because the fetal movements are more frequent at this time), adopt the left lying position, and record the time required for 10 fetal movements; If it is less than 120 minutes, it means that the number of fetal movements is not abnormal, but if the fetal movement is not fetal moving, or the time required for 10 fetal movements is more than 2 hours, you should see a doctor for further examination as soon as possible.

2. Calculate the number of fetal movements within a fixed time: expectant mothers use an hour to measure fetal movements in the morning, noon and evening every day, if the average is less than 3 times per hour, it means that it may be abnormal.

3. Measure the number of fetal movements during the day: The easiest way is to measure 10 fetal movements during the day, and you can feel at ease.

4. Remember every day: no time limit every day, just feel the fetal movement, record it, the fetal movement recorded in 12 hours a day is at least more than 20 times, about 30 times means that the fetus is good, less than 10 times is the fetus hypoxia, and you need to seek medical attention immediately.