Is it normal for a fetus to move too often? What causes frequent movements?

Frequent fetal movements are also an abnormal phenomenon. The most common cause is due to intrauterine ischemia and hypoxia, or the umbilical cord around the neck, or the umbilical cord is knotted, all of which can lead to frequent fetal movements.

If the fetus has been moving frequently, it may be a natural pattern. If the fetal movement is not so frequent, and then increases suddenly, such as more than 1 times the frequency of the usual activity, it is necessary to consider whether the fetus is in the early stage of hypoxia in the uterus. If the frequency changes, there is not much activity in normal times, but now it suddenly increases, and you need to go to the hospital in time!

Excessive fetal movement is not a normal phenomenon, the umbilical cord around the neck, meconium discharged in the amniotic fluid, will cause frequent fetal movement, the umbilical cord around the neck, meconium discharged in the amniotic fluid will cause fetal hypoxia, resulting in frequent struggle fetal movement.

That shows that our children have been a very lively and clever person since childhood, and this situation is also very normal, and it is not possible to judge whether the child is normal because of the child's frequent and infrequent movements.

It may be that you have not been in good condition recently, you have not rested well, and you exercise a lot, etc., which is normal if you are about to give birth.

It is best to count the fetal movements one hour after eating, to urinate cleanly, take a special small notebook to record these data, you can draw the word "positive" to record.

Secondly, it is best for pregnant mothers not to lie on their backs, but to sit, semi-lie or lie sideways, to remain calm, and not to count fetal movements after strenuous exercise or fatigue.

Counting method, continuous fetal movements within 5 minutes interval are counted once; If you move again after an interval of more than 5 minutes, it is counted as the second fetal movement. Hebei Maternity Hospital. It is recommended to fix the time in the morning, noon and evening every day, count for an hour, record the number of three fetal movements, record the number of three fetal movements, add them and multiply them by 4, this result is equivalent to the total number of fetal movements in 12 hours.

If you feel that three times a day is too troublesome, you can also record the number of fetal movements for 1-2 hours in a row for the number of times that the fetal movements are more frequent at night, and then calculate the average number of times the baby moves per hour.

The mother can feel the fetal movement after 120 weeks of pregnancy, but with the increase of pregnancy in the later stage, the fetal movement will become more and more frequent, which may be a normal fetal movement, or it may be due to some dangerous situation of lack of oxygen in the uterus; At 28 to 32 weeks, fetal movements are the most frequent, and after 38 weeks, fetal movements gradually decrease, mainly according to the baby's own attitude to estimate whether the attitude is frequent.

The possibility of such a reason is relatively high, more than 40 times in 12 hours, which means that this situation is frequent.

It may be a developmental problem, or it may be caused by insufficient amniotic fluid, and it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up. Under normal circumstances, it is more than this 3 to 5 times per hour, even if the fetal movement is frequent.