The baby moves in the lower abdomen during late pregnancy

A woman's body will continue to change after she becomes pregnant, but the late pregnancy is the time when she is about to give birth. So if you find that the baby is moving in your abdomen in the late pregnancy, it should be normal. Because we often encounter fetal movements, especially in the late pregnancy, and each fetus develops differently. If the fetus develops normally, it is normal for fetal movements to be frequent. So is it normal for the baby to move in the lower abdomen during late pregnancy?

Nurturing life is a magical process. Pregnant mothers will experience the torture of morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy. These symptoms will gradually disappear after three months, and the mother's mental state and appetite will improve. When she reaches four or five months, she can clearly feel the fetal movement. I believe that every pregnant mother will be extremely excited when she feels the fetal movement for the first time.

Pregnant mothers can truly feel the baby moving in their belly. Usually, pregnant mothers will interact with the baby from time to time. When the baby is happy, he will dance, stretch his arms, and shake his calves. These actions are what the baby often does, and when the baby does these actions, the pregnant mother can clearly feel the fetal movement.

The fetus grows day by day in the mother's belly. Although the fetus's movement space becomes very limited in the late pregnancy, the fetus still moves in the mother's belly. In addition to doing these movements, the fetus has also learned a new skill, which is hiccups.

Maybe many mothers don’t know much about fetal hiccups. They often mistake fetal hiccups for fetal movements, and the two are easily confused together. In fact, there are differences between fetal movements and hiccups. Let's take a look at the difference between the two.

Fetal movement

Fetal movement can directly reflect the health status of the fetus. When the pregnant mother feels the fetal movement, she can count the fetal movements to understand whether the fetus is developing healthily in the mother's belly. Therefore, counting fetal movements has become a necessary thing for pregnant mothers every day. When the fetus does not move much in the mother's belly, the pregnant mother can only feel the fetal movement slightly.

At this time, the feeling in the stomach is like the intestines are wriggling. If the fetus moves a lot in the mother's belly, the mother can clearly feel the fetal movement. The fetus sometimes turns around in the mother's belly, stretches its arms or kicks its legs. At this time, the mother's belly will also bulge in different positions, sometimes causing the two sides of the mother's belly to be asymmetrical. Fetal movement usually occurs at a fixed time every day, and its movements are relatively large and irregular.

Hiccups

At the end of the first trimester and the beginning of the second trimester, the fetus has already started to hiccup intermittently, but the fetus was too small at that time, and the hiccups were not enough for the pregnant mother to feel.

It is not until the late pregnancy that the pregnant mother can feel the fetus hiccuping. When the fetus hiccups, the pregnant mother can clearly feel a beating movement in a fixed position on the belly, which is very similar to the beating of the heart. Its movements are slight and regular. The pregnant mother can clearly feel the fetus hiccuping only when it is quiet.

The frequency of fetal hiccups is about once every 2 to 3 seconds, and usually lasts 2 to 5 minutes or even 10 to 20 minutes. And the time of fetal hiccups is not fixed. Sometimes it occurs when the pregnant mother wakes up in the morning, and sometimes it occurs in the middle of the night when the pregnant mother is sleeping soundly.

If the pregnant mother touches her belly and feels it jumping, it means the fetus is hiccuping. Fetal hiccups are a very normal phenomenon. The reason for hiccups is that the fetus's lungs have not yet fully developed. At this time, the fetus practices lung breathing by constantly swallowing amniotic fluid, so that the fetus can adapt to life outside after birth. In general, fetal hiccups are constantly practicing the lungs' breathing ability, so pregnant mothers do not need to worry too much.