By now, you should be able to feel your baby moving regularly, usually when you\’re ready to rest! The little one punches and kicks inside you, and these movements connect him to you and your lover.
Fetal movement
If this is your first pregnancy, you may start to feel fetal movement around 18 to 20 weeks into your pregnancy. For women who have been mothers, they are already familiar with this meaningful signal, so they start to feel fetal movement slightly earlier, around 15 to 18 weeks.
Some expectant mothers say that at first the fetal movements feel like butterflies flapping their wings, a bit ethereal, but later the fetal movements become more powerful and regular. Later, you will start to feel as if your baby is bumping or kicking, but this doesn\’t always happen because he sometimes needs to rest.
You may not notice your baby moving when you\’re busy, but it\’s easy to feel it when you sit down and try to relax. Every baby wakes up and sleeps differently, and by the end of your pregnancy you\’ll probably get used to the way your baby moves, and this is bound to happen as your baby grows.
As weeks 20-24 pass, you will find that the fetal movements are becoming more and more frequent. From now on, for the next 10 weeks, your baby will be busy, floating in the amniotic fluid, kicking and turning somersaults.
Your baby often hiccups between 24 and 28 weeks, but he actually starts hiccups in the early stages of your pregnancy, which is why you feel your baby twitching. At this time, the fluid in the amniotic sac can reach 750 ml, and the baby can float freely inside. Around this time, you may notice that your baby jumps up when there is a sudden noise somewhere.
29 weeks At this stage of pregnancy, your baby will start making smaller, more purposeful movements. His room in the womb began to narrow.
At this stage of 32 weeks, the baby moves the most. From now on, as your baby gets older and stronger, his movements will become more frequent and varied.
From this time around 36 weeks, your baby\’s position is fixed, and this is where he will end up in your uterus (usually head down). This is especially true if this is your first pregnancy. This is because, for women who are pregnant for the first time, the muscles of the uterus and abdomen are still tight and unable to hold the baby in one position. The main movements you can feel at this time are swinging the arms and kicking the legs. The baby may be kicked several times on the ribs, which is very painful.
If this isn\’t your first pregnancy, your abdominal muscles will relax slightly so your baby can keep changing positions, even as he gets closer to his due date.
Between 36 and 40 weeks, we have reached the end of pregnancy. The baby has grown up and has less rolling movements. If he loses his thumb while sucking his thumb,You feel a twitch as he searches for his thumb from side to side.
During the last two weeks of pregnancy, fetal movements may slow and your baby\’s growth rate may slow slightly. These are completely normal and nothing to worry about.
Avoid excessive weight gain
If you\’re worried about how much weight you\’re gaining, keep a food diary for a few days so you can see at a glance whether your diet is balanced. If your diet includes enough fruits, vegetables, whole grains and some good quality protein and dairy, then that\’s better than just eating chips and chocolate, and there\’s nothing to worry about. But if you’re eating well and still gaining weight, you’ll need to consult a nutritionist who has experience with expectant mothers’ diets. It helps you maximize nutrient absorption without consuming too many calories.
The best strategy is to eat healthily and exercise regularly. There is evidence that combining a healthy diet with exercise during pregnancy results in less weight gain than a healthy diet alone. Researchers also found that expectant mothers who were physically active were also less likely to give birth to macrosomic babies.
If you haven\’t exercised much before and are just starting to exercise now, you should choose less intense exercise, such as walking, swimming, or low-intensity aerobics. Before starting a new exercise, be sure to check with your doctor to see if it is safe.