Follow the movement of the fetus of the most important things that the mother must pay attention to and follow-up to ensure the safety of the fetus and the detection of any complications may occur, the first movement of the fetus in the second month of pregnancy, the eighth week, but these movements can not be felt and not detected Except by ultrasound, and after five months of pregnancy, ie, access to the eighteenth week begins pregnant movements of the child without the need to detect through the devices and the woman who carried more than once more sensitive to the movement of the fetus by virtue of experience.
Fetal movement is the impact of the fetal limbs of the frontal abdominal wall and all that progresses during the pregnancy. These occurrences become more and more powerful. The fetus’s safety can not be judged by its movements but by the number of these movements because the sense of fetal movement varies from one woman to another. It is also different in the pregnant woman herself from pregnancy to pregnancy, and different movement of the fetus during the day, it increases after eating meals and take stimulants such as tea and coffee and less when the pregnant go to sleep, and it should be known that the fetus times and breaks also stops And these periods are relatively short as they are up to an hour Or two hours after the fetus re-movement again.
There are several reasons for not feeling the movement of the fetus
- Error calculating pregnancy period.
- The placenta is anterior, reducing the impact of the uterine wall.
- Due to swollen intestine and severe constipation.
- Lack of amniotic fluid.
- Some diseases that affect the fetus and lead to the weakening of the motor system, it is possible to avoid this type of problems by visiting the doctor and ultrasonic detection.
It is important to follow the number of fetal movement especially at the end of the eighth month and the beginning of the ninth month and the number of these movements ten movements per day because the lack of the number of these movements, especially in the last months of pregnancy indicates a lack of placental functions, Check the heartbeat to make sure the blood is normal for the fetus.