5 Fun Tricks To Make Your Baby Kick
The fun part of pregnancy is undoubtedly feeling your baby kick.
Wham!
It makes even the most unpleasant pregnancy side effects fade away.
Here are a few safe and proven ways to make your baby kick, so your husband or kids can feel it, too!...
I'm not talking about those very first baby kicks, also known as quickening.
When you reach the 3rd trimester, those baby kicks are for real.
You may even see a foot or arm push the fabric of your shirt up!
Yet it can be frustrating when your husband or children want to feel the baby kick, too... and then baby won't move for the life of you!
This Babycenter article explains when you should expect the first fetal movement and the first big kicks.
Some gentle tricks I use to get a response from baby:
- Change position, especially lying on my back or belly briefly.
- Eat something sweet, then wait a few minutes.
- Listen to music. My son never kicked harder than when the organ played at church!
- Press on one side of my belly, and see if the baby presses back.
- Drink an icy cold glass of water to wake him up!
How often should I feel the baby kicking or shifting? Does it matter?
I never knew this, but it does matter.
In your 3rd trimester, your baby should move at least 10 times in 2 hours.
Don't worry if you're past 24 weeks and not yet feeling fetal movement. Every pregnancy is different, and as long as your doctor is hearing normal heart sounds at your regular appointments, you shouldn't worry. Source
See how to count fetal movements, along with details about why it matters and what to do if you don't feel your baby moving very much.
i am almost 23 weeks. i dont feel my baby moving. sometimes i feel like little twitches in my stomach but it doesnt feel like a baby at all and its not often. my doctor said i would feel her at 20 weeks but i havent, im almost 23 weeks. is this ok? what can i do to make sure shes okay?
Hi I'm 20 weeks and my baby is currently kicking me very strongly and has been for about 6 weeks hah my midwife was the first person to feel it when she was examning me haha and this is my first baby which she was very surprised about. I can't wait to be able to see feet and hands though :)
I'm currently 28 weeks. I started feeling my son faintly around 20 weeks, around the same time that we discovered that he was going to be a boy. The more pronounced movements came around 24 weeks, and now they are very, VERY strong! It's really crazy to experience, and the first time a good, strong kick happened I thought something was wrong, haha, but it turns out that he just caught me off gaurd and I wasn't expecting it. His father says that he is going to be a kickboxer or a soccer player.. he punches and kicks him everytime he feels my belly :0)
I felt by baby kicking at 15 weeks! I wasnt sure it really was because people told me it wasnt possible that early but my dr felt it too so i knew i wasnt dreaming =) i felt it kick on the outside a week later!! some people say you dont feel that early but I sure did!!! =)
Well, just so anyone that wants to know can know...i started feeling the "quickening" like in the beginning of my third MONTH! Then she started kick and moving around my fifth month to where I could see it. Now that I'm into my third trimister she is just doing the quickening movements and the real hard movements are getting less and less! Every pregnancy is different for every woman so don't be alarmed. If you can't get those scary thoughts out of your head just call your doctor!
don't worry lady's my daughter just started really moving a lot & i'm 31 weeks
im 25 weeks today and i hardly feel my son kick me ,what should i do to make sure hes ok
im 27 weeks today i hardly ever feel baby move i do get concerned i try lots of ways and she still dont move then i have a good cry because i think something is wrong for sure then she moves wierd baby!!