Is it normal to not feel fetal movement at 4 months pregnant?

Is it normal not to feel the baby's fetal movement in the fourth month of pregnancy? Regarding this issue, relevant personnel said that in general, it is necessary to make a good judgment based on each person's situation. Because everyone's situation is different, some people have more frequent fetal movements, but some people do not have frequent fetal movements.

Is it normal to not feel the baby's movements in the 4th month of pregnancy?

The baby is still very small and you can't feel the baby's movements. It may take up to 17 weeks to feel the fetal movement, and sometimes up to 20 weeks. Just wait patiently, and you will usually feel it in May.

The situation of each pregnant woman and each baby is different. Some are early and some are late. The earliest can be felt around 16 weeks, and the late can be felt after four or five months.

The baby's fetal movement has a certain regularity, which shows that the baby depends on the alternation of falling asleep and waking in the uterine cavity. Generally, the baby moves at least in the morning and 6-10 times at night. According to observations, normal and obvious fetal movements should be no less than 3-5 times per hour, 30-40 times in 12 hours, and up to 100 times or more, which are all manifestations of good fetal condition. Generally speaking, most pregnant women will feel the fetal movement during the 4th and 5th months of pregnancy, and then it will gradually increase; the 28th to 38th week of pregnancy is the stage when the fetal movement is more active; near full term, as the fetal head descends to the pelvis, the frequency of fetal movement gradually decreases, which is a normal phenomenon.

Measuring the baby's fetal movement is something that every pregnant woman must do. In the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, insisting on recording the number of fetal movements every day will not only help improve the relationship between mother and fetus, but also help monitor the physical condition of the fetus in the uterus. It has been found that a few weeks to a week before the death of the fetus, there is usually a decrease in fetal movement, and then the fetal movement disappears. The decrease in fetal movement and then cessation is an emergency signal that the fetus is in severe suffocation and is about to die in the uterus. If the pregnant woman can handle the abnormal fetal movement in time, she should go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible and adopt a caesarean section, which can usually save the fetus.

How does the baby move?

Normal and obvious fetal movement is no less than 3-5 times per hour, and the number of obvious fetal movement is more than 30-40 times in 12 hours. However, due to the large individual differences between fetuses, some fetuses move about 100 times in 12 hours. As long as the fetal movement is regular and rhythmic, with little change, it proves that the baby's development is normal. The baby's fetal movement is normal, indicating that the placenta is functioning well and the oxygen transported to the fetus is sufficient. The fetus is fully developed in the uterus and is moving happily. If the fetal movement is less than 20 times within 12 hours, or less than 3 times within 1 hour, it usually indicates that the fetus may be lacking oxygen, and the expectant mother should not take chances.

The frequency of fetal movement is not fixed and will not change. It is the active stage of fetal movement between 28 and 38 weeks of pregnancy, and then becomes slightly weaker until delivery. The pregnant woman's exercise, posture, mood, as well as loud noise, strong light and touching the abdomen can cause changes in fetal movement. The fetal movements that pregnant women can feel first appear in the center of the lower abdomen and often come in several different types.

Among them are rolling exercises, which is the up and down rotation of the fetus's body, which lasts for a long time, usually 3 to 30 seconds, and the rolling movements are large, and you can feel the rolling and stretching sensations; sometimes, you can feel the fetus's limbs movements, such as punching and kicking, which usually lasts 1 to 15 seconds, at this time you can feel the baby kicking or trembling in the belly; sometimes, you will also feel the fetus shaking, slow peristalsis or like hiccups.

During the day, there are two peak periods of fetal movement, one is between 7 and 9 in the morning, and the other is at 11 pm and 1 am the next day. At other times, especially in the morning, the baby's fetal movements are relatively less. The approximate regularity is no less than 3 to 5 times per hour, and the baby's fetal movement is about 30 to 40 times every 12 hours. As the fetus grows, fetal movements are most noticeable between 30 and 32 weeks. At 20 weeks, the average frequency of fetal movements per day is about 200 times, which increases to 375 times at 32 weeks. The number of fetal movements per day may be close to 100-700 times.