I am now 19 wks pregnant with my first baby. I'm having a girl and I am just starting to feel her move inside me. It's not constant and I sometimes wonder how much I should be feeling at this time. Does anyone know the normal pattern that unborn babies exhibit? How much do they sleep? When do they sleep? When do they move around? Is there a certain time of day, I wonder?

I was also wondering if anyone else has started to "interact" with their unborn baby yet? If so what do you do? I'm thinking of making a tape of my fav' soothing music and putting an ear piece to my belly. I've heard that they like this.

Also I was searching the internet for information on what things to do to help your unborn baby get the best start by boosting their brain cells...there is MANY gadgets out there that claim to do just that but I have my doubts...anywaz just a though...

I think all unborn babies have their own routines.
I don't think you're meant to count kicks or anything untill 28 weeks though.
I talk to my bump alot, that's about all. It does like certain songs too.

how do you know which songs it likes?...do you put a head set on your belly?

I assume it's moving because it likes it. Either that or it wants me to turn it off LOL

I like to tap my belly, sometimes my LO kicks back, and sometimes it ignores me. My DH and I bought a few Dr. Seuss book and we like to read to my belly at night. I need to get music going for the LO as well.

i talk to it and read it stories and dh also talks to it. i pat my belly when it kicks. sometimes i poke but it doesnt poke me back.

I'm now 19 weeks and this baby hardly moves much at all. I get a few kicks at a time just a few times a day. This really worried me at first cos with my last two pregnancies, both were kicking like mad constantly from about 17 weeks, and they were much stronger kicks too. They say every pregnancy is different so its hard to say but i have baby's heartbeat checked with my GP once a week too just for my peace of mind.

I am also 19 weeks today or tomorrow its a battle marking the exact dayanyway I felt her strong and steady last Thursday and then nothing that I was sure was her anyway up until last night and then I think she kicked me right before bed so I will start drinking orange juice and stuff that is supposed to make them more active and see how that goes because I am a worrier and her stillness really bothers me But i have to also keep in mind they say it could take up to 20-22 weeks before significantly steady movement starts

My Peanuts moves around a lot when our fire/ems pager goes off (makes a LOUD beeping) and she's the most active whenever I'm at the firehouse, though I'm not sure why. Maybe it's all the noise and excitement, not to mention the adreneline rush I get everytime we get a call (even though I can't go on them at the moment.) We also have a night-time ritual that we're going to keep on after she's born. We have a little stuffed bunny that says a goodnight prayer and after we get into bed and get settled we set it on my belly and play it for her.

me and dh talk to bump and rub and pat it all the time. if i poke my belly baby quite often will kick me back xxx