Measuring Kick Counts

The simplest one is to record the amount of time it takes for you to feel 10 movements such as kicks rolls or jabs.

Measuring kick counts. Every pregnancy and every baby is different. All those kicks swishes rolls and jabs you feel. Counting baby kicks is important. The fetal kick count is done in a variety of ways.

The first thing you want to do is pick your baby s most active time of the day to begin. Count fetal movements once a day preferably at the same time every day and within 1 to 2 hours after a meal. You should feel 10 movements in no more than 2 hours. Identifying fetal kicks 1.

Be relaxed and pay attention cheney says. Write down the time and. According to this particular measuring tool my baby should move 10 times within 2 hours twice a day at the same time of. Once you re ready to start doing kick counts you ll be timing how long it takes to feel 10 movements.

Sometime between 18 25 weeks into the pregnancy moms will begin to feel movement for first time moms it may occur closer to 25 weeks and for second or third time moms it may occur closer to 18 weeks. Early evening after dinner is a good time because the fetus is usually more active then. This is but one of the ways of counting and recording your baby s movement. But for some expectant parents formal kick counts can be stressful.

Count each of your baby s movements kicks jabs pokes and rolls as one kick and tap the foot on the app until you reach 10 movements. After you ve eaten may be a good time to try. Know about kick counts. Keep a tally of how many you feel.

Here is the count to ten method to do the kick count download the graph here. The fetal kick count is the count of any movements that the unborn baby makes such as jabs. For example sarah may be able to record 10 movements for her baby in 10 minutes but megan s baby may take 30 minutes to record 10 movements. There are many different ways to do a kick count.

Know when to start. Doctors recommend that pregnant women should begin to start counting kicks during their third.