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Should I be worried? Less movement

I'm 38 weeks today and for the past 2 days I have felt baby moving but not as  much or as strong. I feel little movements here and there but no big kicks like before.  My baby has been measuring small but everything seems normal and she's healthy otherwise. What do you guys think?
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You won't feel as much movement close to the end due to the lack of space they have in there and bubs being in position to come out. As long as your feeling little movements then it should all be fine but if ever in doubt go and get it checked out
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It is normal i asked my doc about it. If u drink water and lay on ur left side u can feel them move a lil. They are running out of room in there so there is no where to move any more
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Yes it counts but just to be safe maybe call L&D the same thing happened to me and freaked me out so they had me go in. It turned out she was still moving but I just couldn't feel her move its still good just to get checked
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Drink pop or something with carbonation it has worked for me and that is what the L&D told me to do.
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So i counted and i felt about 9 or 10 movements in an hour but they are very slight movements. I guess that still counts?
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I would get check out i get scared... my aunt didnt feel her little angel move and she waited and when she went to the dr she had passed away... very sad. Drink cold water and sit up that usually gets baby moving
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It is normal for you to feel less kicks and jabs and more turning etc due to the lack of space in the amniotic sack. If it's less movements in general, start monitoring the movements, they say you should feel about 10 an hour, lay down be calm, if you don't feel anything, try a different hour.. this is what my doc told me :) good luck
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