Most moms start to feel their babies move between 17-20 weeks of pregnancy and it's pretty irregular at that point, mostly due to the baby's size. As the pregnancy progresses though, the movements will get more regular as your baby grows. So usually between 26-28 weeks, the woman will start to notice regular movement. Once you get to the point of pregnancy where the baby's starting to move more regularly like between 26-28 weeks, if you ever notice a decrease or a change in your baby's movement, then stop what you're doing, get rid of all distractions, lay down on your side and count each movement. If you're getting 5 or less in an hour, that's not enough. That's actually a reason to go to the hospital and get checked out. So don't let a whole day go on of not feeling your baby move as much as usual once you're to that 26-28 week point and beyond. Now once your baby gets bigger, their movements may be less pronounced because they don't have as much room to totally extend and flex their joints and their arms and their legs. So the movements because of this may not be as pronounced but anything counts so any little flutters, any little body rolls or moves that you feel count. So, again, if you're getting 5 or less in an hour, that's not enough and it's a good reason to get checked out. We're also huge believers of mother's intuition on labor and delivery so if you ever feel like something's wrong and you just feel like you want to get checked out, then please, we'd love to help you. If you have any other questions for me in the future, feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at facebook.com/intermountainmoms and recommend us to your friends and family, too.
