Kick Counts?

[cbowl]

Who's doing them?  I never did last time around but I am feeling much more anxious this time.  Especially on more quiet days.  Anyone?

[LadyNymeria]

I am! I started on my own at 26 weeks even though I think the recommendation typically is to start them around 28 weeks because that's when baby really starts taking up more space and movement should be more consistently felt.

I do them each night around 10pm or so, shortly after a glass of juice or chocolate milk (my night time snacks tend to be liquid treats). I try to keep it within a half hour before or after 10 to try to use a consistent time for comparison purposes.

I will say that they have already helped me to not worry. Baby had a quiet week the week before last where I wasn't feeling nearly as much movement as I had been, but when I did my kick counts I was still getting 10+ movements in 15 min or less.

[merryrissmas]

I never really have done them with any of my pregnancies, I guess I probably should. I just try to focus a couple times a day when I notice movement and make sure I get a few good jabs several times a day. On quiet days, if it's been a while since I felt anything, I do definitely have a cold drink and lie on my left side for a while until I feel some movement.

[danielle]

I've done them one day, but have forgotten every day since then. This kid never stops moving, so I'm not too worried.

[serendipity731]

I'm just at 27 weeks today and haven't formally done them yet. I do make a mental note of movements though, to be aware of quiet days. I'll probably start next week ish.

[beckyrosen]

Haven't done any really. She's pretty active. I guess if I notice less movements I may.

[hurricanerek]

Baby is so active that I haven't felt the need to yet. I'm sure if I noticed a quiet day, I would lay down and check but that hasn't happened yet.

[sodapop]

Didn't do it the 1st time. I feel this baby a lot more since I don't have an anterior placenta. When he's quiet, I poke him a bit. My MW said not until 28 weeks and an OB told me 32 weeks. I guess you have to keep an eye on what is out of the ordinary for your baby.

[Deleted]

I do them on and off. She's super active at night when im usually sleeping (dh takes the brunt of that) but im not concerned. I tend to do them later on towards the end

[caz1221]

Ditto many others - based on my doctor's advice, I didn't do counts with my first and don't plan to do them this time around. If it's been a quiet day (or I just have been too busy to notice the movement), I make a point to sit/lay down and have something to drink to get baby going.

[LadyNymeria]

I found a kick count app and I feel like this is something where I just like the app to show I did it every day.

As long as there is good movement I don't think it's really necessary to do formal counts. I just like having them documented because I could easily see if the pattern changed (granted I imagine I would recognize this without actually having to look at past counts).

[pismoduo]

Jun 23, 2016 13:54:40 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

Jun 23, 2016 13:20:11 GMT -5 beckyrosen said:

Haven't done any really. She's pretty active. I guess if I notice less movements I may.

+1. Plus I was also waiting to see if my doctor wanted me to do it. I thought I read they have you start doing that in third tri, which I haven't hit just yet.

My OB so far has just said to keep track of if she seems noticeably less active for a period of time, but she specifically said there was no need to start doing kick counts just yet.

I've noticed she has quiet days and days when she's super active, but usually there's a fair bit of time each day that I can feel her wiggling around in there.
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[pismoduo]

Jun 23, 2016 14:31:04 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

I found a kick count app and I feel like this is something where I just like the app to show I did it every day.

As long as there is good movement I don't think it's really necessary to do formal counts. I just like having them documented because I could easily see if the pattern changed (granted I imagine I would recognize this without actually having to look at past counts).

I think we should invent some sort of baby fitbit belly band thing.
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[cassey910]

I do them if I notice her less active. She is normally very active and on those days I don't count.

[singingsea]

I do them when I notice lowered activity. Usually laying on my side drinking some juice or something cold does the trick.

[LadyNymeria]

Jun 23, 2016 14:45:36 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Jun 23, 2016 14:31:04 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

I found a kick count app and I feel like this is something where I just like the app to show I did it every day.

As long as there is good movement I don't think it's really necessary to do formal counts. I just like having them documented because I could easily see if the pattern changed (granted I imagine I would recognize this without actually having to look at past counts).

I think we should invent some sort of baby fitbit belly band thing.

That would be handy! And really neat to see the results! Although I could see that easily leading to me obsessing over comparing movement day to day and I already don't do enough work at work right now, lol.

[pismoduo]

Jun 23, 2016 15:16:14 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

Jun 23, 2016 14:45:36 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

I think we should invent some sort of baby fitbit belly band thing.

That would be handy! And really neat to see the results! Although I could see that easily leading to me obsessing over comparing movement day to day and I already don't do enough work at work right now, lol.

Hmm. True. I'm pretty sure if I get any less done in a day my boss is going to start noticing....
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[thekatezombie]

Last time around I did them as I felt necessary if baby was having a slow day. This time the midwife I've been seeing insists everyone should do them basically daily. As with everything I try to do the right, best way this pregnancy I am failing. I keep lying on my side to do the kick counts and falling asleep instead.

[annapunkalunka]

I didn't do them the first time, she was so active. I haven't done them at all this time either. They don't put a lot of emphasis on it. If I'm ever worried they told me to do it, but only then, really.

[cbowl]

Thanks for the feedback y'all. My daughter was so active and my OB didn't want me to do them last time because she thought they caused more stress.

This time...this baby is super mellow and I have an anterior placenta so I'm surprised by how little I feel her move. Long story short...I hadn't felt her all day and called the doc who had me drink something cold and sweet and do kick counts for an hour...during that time I only felt 5 light movements so they had me come in to do an ultrasound. All is good...the baby is facing up and basically just kicking and hitting my placenta the whole time so I'm not feeling anything for a good reason.

Hopefully i can mellow out a bit about it...but unlikely!

[LadyNymeria]

Glad everything looked good cbowl! Sorry she gave you a scare!

[serendipity731]

cbowl sorry about the scare! Glad everything is ok. Damn anterior placenta!