Before the beginning of how the expectant mother begins to feel the fetal movements, it is difficult for her to feel physically and imagine a child being carried under her heart apart from herself. The feeling of the child's independent life begins precisely from the moment of his first movements. Oh, how many inexpressible feelings the mother is experiencing, feeling the first tremors of her baby, in a growing abdomen. At a reception in a women's consultation, women fall asleep midwives with questions: "And when he starts to move? "," How to understand the movement of the fetus during pregnancy? " "," How should he move? " "And many other exciting moms moments. In order to better understand this issue and understand the movements of the fetus, we recall the main stages of the development of the child in the womb, scientifically called the stages of embryogenesis.
The first movement in the womb begins to be done early enough. But the movements of the baby are not coordinated and are not conscious, the baby is so small that swimming in the amniotic fluid, rarely touches the walls of the uterus and the mother can not feel these touches. However, from the 10th week of pregnancy, after stumbling on the wall of the uterus, the baby can already change the direction of movement, this is the first motor reaction to obstacles. From the 9th week, he can already swallow the amniotic fluid, and this is an equally complex motor process. With the development of sensory organs and their improvement, the child begins responding to sounds by the 16th week (most often by the voice of the mother, changing his intonation.) At 17 weeks the baby can already frown. At 18 weeks he squeezes and unclenches his fists and fingers, touches and touches the umbilical cord with his hands, and when he hears loud, harsh and unpleasant sounds, he covers his face. During the period of 20-22 weeks of gestation the child becomes regular. It was during this period that my mother began to feel the movements of the fetus. Usually, in mating females, the fetus moves earlier in pregnancy before pregnancy, but, of course, in every pregnant woman these terms are strictly individual.
What does mom feel when the fetus moves for the first time? Everyone describes these feelings in different ways. Some compare it to splashing fish, fluttering butterflies, or with peristalsis of the intestine. For most women, these periods in life are one of the most exciting and long-awaited, because from that moment on mom begins to feel her child in a new way. Initially, the timid and rare movements of the fetus soon become coordinated and orderly. So a 5-month-old fetus in a current of one hour can make 20-60 tremors, kicks and turns. Approximately from 24 weeks of pregnancy the fetus normally performs from 10 to 15 movements per hour, during sleep, lasting sometimes up to 3 hours, it hardly moves. From 24 to 32 weeks of gestation the maximum impellent activity of the future baby is noted. By the time of birth activity decreases, but the force of the fetal movements increases. From the 28th week of pregnancy, it is possible to measure the movements of the fetus according to the Pearson test. Every day, on a special map, the number of movements committed by a future baby is fixed. Begin to monitor the number of perturbations in the period from 9 am to 9 pm. The time of 10 movements is recorded in the table. The number of perturbations, less than 10, may indicate an oxygen deficiency of the fetus, in which case it is necessary to consult a doctor without delay.
Future moms must always listen to the baby's movements. An alarm signal is the cessation of motor activity for 12 hours or more. Independently to activate the movements of the fetus, you can by doing some physical exercises (specially designed for pregnant women), to drink milk or eat something sweet. If the activity of the child has decreased dramatically or vice versa, the baby arranges real "discos" in the abdomen, the expectant mother should always contact her doctor. If there is more than one kid developing in the womb of the mother, and twins develop, the movements are intense and felt everywhere. Sometimes the restless behavior of the baby, can talk about the oxygen starvation of the fetus. In the initial stages of hypoxia, fetal restless behavior is noted, which is felt by its rapid and increased motor activity. Gradually, if hypoxia progresses, the rate of movement weakens or stops. The causes of hypoxia may be different: iron deficiency anemia, the presence of cardiovascular diseases in the pregnant woman, placental insufficiency, fetal diseases. If a woman is pregnant with a suspicion of oxygen starvation of the fetus, the mother is assigned cardiotocography, a procedure in which the cardiac contractions of the unborn child are recorded using a special device. . Within 30-60 minutes, the fetal heart is recorded, and then the results are evaluated based on this. Normally, the heart rate varies from 120 to 160 beats per minute. The increase in fetal heart rate to 170-190 strokes is the norm and is considered a reaction of the child to external stimuli. If there are minor deviations in KGT data, pregnant women receive therapy aimed at improving uteroplacental blood flow, KGT data are recorded every day. Also in addition to assess the normal function of blood circulation in the vessels will help doplerometry. Fetal movements are a sign of his health and a kind of indicator of a successfully developing pregnancy, so in case of any suspicion of "abnormal" movements, it is necessary to consult a specialist.
The first movements of the child - this is not only an indicator of his condition and development, it is truly unique sensations in the life of every future mother. And in conclusion I would like to wish all pregnant women to remain healthy and happy throughout such an extraordinary and exciting period of their life - the period of pregnancy.