17th week of pregnancy - fetal movement

During the carrying of the baby, every woman looks forward and trembling when she will feel the first tremors of the baby. This applies not only to the first-born, but also to the mothers who already have children.

You can not fully convey the feelings of those words when your mother first realizes that the baby is moving. Every day with a frozen heart she waits, when the baby again will make itself felt. At first, his movements are still very weak and rare, because most of the time he sleeps. But the more the baby becomes, the more active are his movements inside the mother's tummy.


When to expect the first perturbations?

In the literature, you can find this information - the perversions begin at 20 weeks, and the re-born at 18. In practice, in recent years, this is less common - the babies begin to move a little before the set time.

Though, nevertheless it depends more on the most pregnant woman - if the placenta is located on the front wall, then the movements are almost not audible until the baby gets stronger and can not kick more actively.

Many future mothers mark the first movement of the fetus at 17 weeks or even earlier. Everyone describes it differently - someone reminds them of tickling, someone feels the wings of a butterfly, and in some movements the baby is associated with the gurgling of a fish in the water. Whatever it was, but the beginning of active life is laid and now every day the child will become stronger and more active.

If at 17 weeks the woman has no stirring, and the girlfriend already has, then this is not an excuse to get upset and run to the doctor. As mentioned above - it is very individual and in due time, mom will feel the baby.

Some pregnant women do not feel fetal perturbations, not that on the 17th obstetric week of pregnancy, and even on 22, and this too is the norm. After this period, if there is any doubt, an ultrasound examination is performed to confirm the viability of the fetus.

What affects the motor activity of the fetus?

To feel how your baby moves, try to resort to some tricks. This is important for movements not only at the 17th week of pregnancy, but also during the whole period:

What is the baby in the stomach doing?

At the 17th week the stirring of the baby is no longer erratic, as it was at the very beginning of his motor activity. His pens touch and pull the cord-it's not dangerous. The kid already knows how to suck a finger, which is actually what he does.

The legs are already so strong that pushing them against the walls of the uterus, the child turns constantly in different directions, while there is still room for these exercises. For a day the kid makes about two hundred movements and gradually the number of them grows until it becomes tight in the womb of the mother.

Beginning at the 17th week of the baby's stirring at first will be quite rare, and may not even be felt for a couple of days. But after 20-22 weeks they become regular, and if within 24 hours a woman does not feel the child is a signal of danger.

With the first sensations of fetal movements that started at the 17th week of pregnancy, a woman really begins to feel like the baby's mom, who will soon see the light.