What are the fetal movements of a boy in the fifth month of pregnancy?

Fetal movement is something that women are very concerned about during pregnancy as they regularly monitor the fetus in their abdomen. Generally speaking, the symptoms and characteristics of fetal movement are different at different stages of fetal development, and the symptoms of fetal movement usually appear around eight weeks. Therefore, this article will introduce to you the fetal movement of a five-month-old boy. I will explain it to you below, and I hope you all benefit from it.

Fetal movement refers to the baby's active movement in the mother's belly. For example, breathing, mouth opening movements, rolling, etc., these activities make the mother very excited, and we can also regard them as communication between the baby and the mother. Generally, fetal movement begins in the seventeenth week of pregnancy, which means that the mother can feel fetal movement when she is five months pregnant.

The fetal movement becomes active at the fifth month of pregnancy

Basically, at 8 weeks of pregnancy, the baby begins to take human form and has grown limbs. At this time, the fetus will wriggle in the abdomen. This is the initial fetal movement, but it is very weak, so the pregnant mother cannot feel it and it can only be seen on B-ultrasound.

Many expectant mothers can feel the arms and feet of their baby moving in their belly after five months of pregnancy, especially naughty babies. However, if you don't feel any obvious fetal movement, there is no need to worry. Because the baby's movements through the amniotic fluid may be so light that you may not feel it!

Fetal movement in the fifth month of pregnancy

After 4 months of pregnancy, that is, from the 5th month onwards, the mother can clearly feel the activities of the fetus, such as the fetus stretching its hands, kicking its legs, and hitting the uterine wall in the uterus. By measuring the number, speed, strength, etc. of fetal movements, you can know the safety of the fetus.

Normal obvious fetal movements should be no less than 3 to 5 times per hour, and more than 30 to 40 times in 12 hours. However, due to the large individual differences among fetuses, some fetuses may move about 100 times in 12 hours. As long as the fetal movements are regular, rhythmic, and do not vary much, it proves that the fetal development is normal. Normal fetal movement indicates that the placenta is functioning well, that the fetus is receiving sufficient oxygen, that the fetus is growing and developing healthily in the uterus, and that the fetus is moving happily.

The number of fetal movements is not constant. The most active period is between 28 and 38 weeks of pregnancy, and then it weakens slightly until delivery. The pregnant woman's movement, posture, emotions, loud noises, strong light, and touching the abdomen can all cause changes in fetal movement.

What is the fetal movement of a boy in five months of pregnancy like? The above is an introduction to the fetal movement of a boy in five months of pregnancy. After reading the above content, I believe everyone has some understanding of the fetal movement in the five-month pregnancy stage. Here we need to remind pregnant women that the fetal movement is constantly changing with development, and parents must pay more attention.