When to worry if baby is not moving

Counting your baby’s movements The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that you time how long it takes you to feel 10 kicks, flutters, swishes, or rolls. Ideally, you want to feel at least 10 movements within 2 hours . You will likely feel 10 movements in less time than that.

If you haven’t felt any movement from your baby by 24 weeks , see your doctor or midwife. If you think your baby’s movements have decreased in strength or number, contact your midwife or doctor immediately.

Normal fetal movements can be defined as 10 or more fetal movements in 2 hours , felt by a woman when she is lying on her side and focusing on the movement,2–4,6 which may be perceived as ‘any discrete kick, flutter, swish or roll’.

Abnormal forceful, jerky, and periodic fetal movement can be associated with a fetal seizure. The seizures occur repeatedly, usually involving the whole fetal body, and at a frequency that varies from two movements/second in clonic convulsions to several times/minute in lightening convulsions (2, 3).