It is impossible to know exactly when the natural birth will occur. However, a woman who is looking forward to the baby, still trying to predict when the fights begin, and it's time to go to the hospital. That is why, in recent weeks, she pays maximum attention to the so-called precursors of childbirth. Among those signs on which it is possible to estimate, when there will be deliveries - activity of the kid.
Child behavior before childbirth
Many future mothers know that before giving birth the baby should quiet down, as if preparing for the hard test that nature has prepared for him. However, if you ask your mothers a question whether the child calms down before giving birth, it turns out that the picture is far from straightforward. Some mothers say that their children seemed to feel that childbirth would soon begin, and they fell silent in the stomach a couple of days before the start of the bouts. Others felt active perturbations even in the process of labor between contractions. Proceeding from this, some people start to think that it's not worth to pay attention to how the kid behaves in the stomach.
Activity of the child before childbirth
Meanwhile, to monitor the activity of the baby, just like the position of the fetus before birth, which should ideally be the head, it is necessary. If the child is too quiet and does not move for 12-16 hours, you need to see a doctor in order to assess his condition, because it is possible hypoxia and oxygen starvation, then you will urgently stimulate childbirth or even do a cesarean section. Too high activity can also mean that the baby is not all right. Therefore, try to monitor the child's condition and, with the slightest suspicion, consult a doctor.
However, the fact that before childbirth the child ceases, is actually caused by physiological causes - it becomes tight and uncomfortable in the mother's belly, and therefore active movements become more and more rare. Therefore, if you just noticed that the child is less active for weeks a week, and doctors do not diagnose any problems, there is nothing to worry about.