32 Weeks Pregnant: Fetal Kick Counts

You are 32 weeks pregnant! Baby’s thrashing, spinning and somersaulting might actually begin to ease up soon. She’s been more and more active as her bones have hardened, her muscles have developed and her nervous system has become fine tuned. Soon she’ll wrap all that nonsense up and settle, probably head-down, and begin the long wait. When there are movements, they can be forceful enough to cause real pain or difficulty breathing. Move around and resist the temptation to jab back.

As baby slows down her movements, it can sometimes seem like there is no movement at all. Chances are you’re just too busy baking muffins and supervising your husband as he hangs, and re-hangs, pictures in baby’s room. If you feel your baby’s movements are too few and far between, take a simple kick count. Find some time to rest on your side during a period of the day when baby is usually fairly active. Catch up on those episodes of Oprah you’ve recorded and count baby’s movements. She should move no fewer than 10 times in 2 hours. If movement has slowed considerably or stopped altogether, call your health care provider.

You’ve only got two months to go and your weight gain is probably still around ½ to 1 pound per week. If you approached the first months of pregnancy like a cruise-goer at the midnight buffet, you may want to be a bit more sensible now. Make your calories count. Remember, you only need about 300 extra calories each day to grow that little person. It’s not “eating for two,” really... it’s like adding a glass of milk with each meal. That baby only weighs a few pounds. She doesn’t really need half a coffee cake slathered with cheez whiz. Neither do you, really. Actually, that is probably illegal.

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Our pregnancy calendar is researched & written by our Pregnancy Editor, Dara Duff-Bergeron. Although she rocks, she is not a health care professional. It's just for entertainment purposes and any recommendations or information provided should not be used as a substitute for the real deal - a trained medical professional.

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