Pregnancy is perhaps the most crucial stage in the life of every woman. The expectant mother makes every effort to ensure that the baby is born healthy. She notes any changes that occur in the tummy.
Starting from about 28 weeks, the character of fetal movements is added to all the main diagnostic indicators of the baby's health . From this moment, doctors recommend that a woman always carefully monitor their intensity and frequency. This allows you to get some idea about the intrauterine life of the child.
Throughout pregnancy, the nature of the movement changes. So, for example, the highest activity of the fetus occurs in the first or second weeks of the third trimester. During this period, the child is not too big, he has enough space, and the arms and legs are already well strengthened. All this allows the baby to somersault and “dance” for pleasure, sometimes giving her mother great discomfort.
The baby's activity before childbirth begins to gradually decline. This is primarily due to the small space of the fetal bladder. The baby grows up, and it becomes cramped in his mother’s stomach, so he is no longer as free in his body movements as before. In addition, the way children behave before childbirth is affected by the need to grow stronger, gain the right weight. The child, like his mother, is preparing for labor, because he will have to spend a lot of energy for the birth.
Some women are frightened by changes in the behavior of crumbs. They suspect something was wrong and re-read a lot of literature about how a child moves before childbirth. However, there is no reason to worry. It is normal that the baby calms down on the eve of childbirth. Mom may not even notice the individual movements of the baby, since they are characterized by a rotational-translational character, they become less sharp and slower than usual. The way children behave before childbirth is, in principle, natural. They advance to the cervix, the head of the crumb falls lower and lower. All this will stimulate contractions, which will make childbirth faster and easier.
Expectant mothers very often at the subconscious level understand how children behave before childbirth. Many, even without feeling strong movements, still feel like the baby sank into the basin in order to take a comfortable position there. At this time, it becomes more difficult for a woman to walk, but breathing is easier, since the huge belly no longer "supports" the chest.
Given the fact that pregnancy in each individual case has many individual differences, and the behavior of babies also manifests itself in different ways, it is impossible to unambiguously and specifically say how children behave before childbirth. At approximately 38-39 weeks, the mother should feel about 10 movements for 6 hours. Thus, 1-2 movements per hour are considered the norm. However, do not forget that the baby can sleep, and therefore do not move even once for an hour. In this case, do not panic. Having woken up, the baby will surely inform his mother that everything is in order with the help of another push.
Sometimes women just before childbirth, on the contrary, note excessive activity of the baby. The reason for this phenomenon may be a strong excitement of the future mother, which is transmitted to the baby. That is why a woman should always remain calm: neither her nor her child needs stress.