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03-14-2006 10:43 PM

sarah'smom   Super Member Location: Massachusetts Registered: Mar 2004 Posts: 1070 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Reading Tom's "sleeping position" thread brought this back to mind.. Before Sarah was born, she NEVER stopped moving! From the very first time I saw her via ultrasound (no idea of Ds throughout the pregnancy) to this very day...she is such a busy body! Awake... but especially asleep! She sits up, flops down, and goes from one end of her crib to the other. When I did find out about her Ds, and as I read more and more about it...I wondered if the activity level as a fetus was related to her low tone. What was your child with Ds like prior to his/her birth? __________________ Lisa, mom to Stephen(6/4/00) Sarah(DS 5/17/03) and baby #3 due (7/6/06)

03-14-2006 11:08 PM
ElijahsMom   Senior Member Location: Waverly, Ohio Registered: Nov 2005 Posts: 130 Last visit: 03-23-2006	YES! I swear I don't think that he took a break! Especially during the ultrasounds (which we had TONS of---truly a blessing to see him, but not for the reasons that we did) Now he is just as much active, and he seems to be a lot stronger than I had expected. __________________ Elisha: Mommy to Elijah 2/1/06

03-14-2006 11:11 PM

always_chaos   Senior Member Location: Detroit Metro, MI Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 479 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Elainah did not move much, there were many many times I had to coax her to so that I knew things were ok. There was another thread about this around somewhere, but I don't remember it. I think what I remember reading was that the low muscle tone affected the amount of movement-but just like everything else, I am sure there is a range of experiences. __________________ Visit Our Blog: Always Chaos At Our House

03-14-2006 11:15 PM
lilpayton   Senior Member Location: Bristow, Virginia Registered: Jan 2006 Posts: 213 Last visit: 03-24-2006	Payton moved a lot...off and on I should say...not as much as my son ever did, though. I think they say that DS babies don't move as much in utero, but I'm sure that varies by baby. __________________ Bethany Mommy to Mason (1/13/04) and Payton (DS) (1/7/06) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/paytonbalsis

03-14-2006 11:16 PM

DanielsMommy   Super Member Location: Rhode Island Registered: Sep 2005 Posts: 1403 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Daniel was not nearly as active as Elayna. As a matter of fact, at times I thought Elayna might come right through my skin she was poking me so hard with her elbow and feet. Daniel was active enough that I never worried that he wasn't moving...but since he was my 2nd...I could clearly remember what it felt like with Elayna. She was like a volcano inside...and he was like a gentle wave. However, the big difference for me was....I never felt sick for a second with Elayna.....but with Daniel...I was on medication for severe morning sickness that lasted my entire pregnancy. Daniel is always on the move...rolls everywhere all the time. Jumps in his jumper like pro...and gets himself all around that crib. He doesn't get into any weird positions yet...but also isn't walking yet...so I don't know what will happen once he learns to move even more. __________________ Lisa Mommy to Elayna 10-1-02 and Daniel Ds 6-7-05 Always have hope....Without rain, there can be no rainbows.

03-14-2006 11:56 PM
THESPILS   Super Member Location: Las Vegas, NV Registered: Oct 2004 Posts: 1714 Last visit: 03-20-2006	VERY! He was nonstop from about my 16th week of pregnancy to...well, he hasn't stopped either The kids used to love playing the game where he would kick things off my stomach (like the remote) I was never able to get a good 4d picture of him because he wouldn't hold still long enough to get all the angles-little booger! __________________ Shaye Bri 11, Coda 9, Hunter 18mo(ds), (and hubby Brad)

03-15-2006 12:28 AM
momof3boys   Senior Member Location: Valley Springs, CA Registered: Aug 2005 Posts: 918 Last visit: 03-23-2006	Colton constantly was moving...way more then my other two ever did. __________________ Dee Dee Wife to Jason and Mom of 3 Boys Austin 12/28/93 Logan 08/12/00 Colton 7/12/05 DS

03-15-2006 01:03 AM
Josiesmom   Senior Member Location: Waterloo, Iowa -- USA Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 584 Last visit: 03-18-2006	Josie was very very active pre-birth... Even more so that Katie ever was. Even after she was born, she never stopped moving and now.. I wish she would *sigh* to give mommy a break!!! LOL __________________ Brigitte Wife to Wonderful Husband -- Joe Mommy to Josie (DS) 10/27/04 and Katie 11/30/05 "Most People Only Dream of Angels..... I Get to Hold Both of Mine!"

03-15-2006 03:46 AM

lcbrownfam   New Member Location: CA Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 18 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Not as active Justin did not move as much as my other 5 had. I was secretly concerned but he would always pass kick counts and I could always get him to move some so I could tell myself it was OK. When they told us he probably had DS, 10 minutes after birth, I knew my mother's instinct had been right on related to the amount of movement. __________________ Carol Blessed Mom to Kaitlyn 6/92, Andrew 4/95, Aimee 2/98, Hannah 3/01, Stephen 2/03 and Justin(DS) 12/05

03-15-2006 04:26 AM
LinMac   Senior Member Location: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Oct 2005 Posts: 581 Last visit: 03-24-2006	Robers wasn't that active. He was much quieter than my Hannah. __________________ Linda & John mom to Hannah Kate (Age 7), Robert (04/16/2004, DS)

03-15-2006 09:14 AM

sarah'smom   Super Member Location: Massachusetts Registered: Mar 2004 Posts: 1070 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Wow! Thanks for your replys. It is really interesting...seems to go either one way or the other! Sarah was a wild woman in utero, where my son would give me one wave per day...just to let me know that he was OK. (And this baby #3 is somewhere in the middle.) With Sarah, I used to cuddle up behind my DH and she would give him a "back massage" with all of that kicking. And...like some of you...we NEVER got a still shot of Sarah via ultrasound (and I had about 30 ultrasounds, as we were monitoring an ovarian cyst at the time). I remember my very first ultrasound...she went from a tight fetal position to a lovely backbend over and over (maybe 6-8 times),as if she were performing calesthenics! She even moved throughout the entire fetal echo. Sometimes I wonder if that is why no markers were found on her prior to birth. She wouldn't stay still long enough to let them see! And looking at her now...she has a whole list of Ds markers...Simeon's crease, curved pinkies, raised palet, that extra fold of skin behind her neck as an infant, shorter arms and legs. I just find it all very interesting. Those "things that make you go hmmmm...." __________________ Lisa, mom to Stephen(6/4/00) Sarah(DS 5/17/03) and baby #3 due (7/6/06)

03-15-2006 09:18 AM

Koby'sMommy   Senior Member Location: South Carolina Registered: Feb 2005 Posts: 651 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Koby was active when he was awkae of couse never moved much during sleep. ANd he developed a good patern of sleep and wake early on fetally. I was able to feel him move earlier than most people though so maybe he was VERY active...it's hard for me to say since I don't have any typical kids to compare to though.... __________________ Courtney-Wife to Chris- Mommy to Koby (12/16/04) "Attitude, is the Disability"

03-15-2006 09:18 AM
Stephanie   Super Member Location: Yardley, PA Registered: Feb 2004 Posts: 2612 Last visit: 03-23-2006	Very Active I don't remember either Joey or Olivia being as active as Megan...she was all over the place! __________________ Proud Parents Stephanie and Joe Awesome Big Brother Joey 3/8/97 Beautiful Daughter Megan 11/8/03 Precious Lil' Livi 7/6/05

03-15-2006 09:22 AM
wumbs   Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Registered: Mar 2006 Posts: 40 Last visit: 03-24-2006	Marina was moving around a lot more than her brother Benni. Now it is the opposite way. __________________ Ulli, Mom to Benni April 26, 1997 Marina Dec. 14, 1999 DS

03-15-2006 09:51 AM
rhonda   Super Member Location: Syracuse, NY Registered: Jan 2003 Posts: 3181 Last visit: 03-24-2006	Dylan was very active too. So much so that I thought I was having another girl, because my daughter was very active and my son Jordan was not at all. __________________ Rhonda Taylor 13, Jordan 11, Dylan 2 1/2

03-15-2006 11:31 AM

naomid   Super Member Location: California Registered: Apr 2003 Posts: 2809 Last visit: 03-24-2006

I had the opposite experience. Callum was very laid back and relaxed when he was in utero. Hie cord was really short because he didn't move around that much (moving around stretches the cord). They didn't even have enough cord to clamp it properly and it had to be tied off with a piece of string. He also doesn't move around that much when he's sleeping now. __________________ Naomi Mum to Callum (DS) 3/03 and Kieran 8/04 Read all about us

03-15-2006 12:16 PM

vonda   Super Moderator Location: Middletown, MD Registered: Jun 2000 Posts: 4323 Last visit: 03-24-2006

You might want to check some older posts like in the past few weeks because there was a pretty long thread where someone asked this exact same thing, but I can't find it right now, but I'll repost what I posted. My girls were not that active being twins, they didn't have the room. Halle was moderately active, but NOAH, OMG he never stopped EVER. I posted that he sometimes made me cry, brought tears to my eyes because he'd kick my bladder and my ribs so hard that I felt like he broke something. It usually started the minute I'd lay down to go to sleep, KICK KICK KICK all night long. It was awful. He may have low tone, but that boy can kick. Actually I just found the other thread, here it is below. http://www.downsyn.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=12947 __________________ Vonda, mommy to Peyton, Sophie, Noah(Ds) and Halle

03-15-2006 05:32 PM

Annieo   Super Member Location: Minneapolis suburb, MN Registered: Jan 2003 Posts: 1194 Last visit: 03-23-2006

Didn't notice any difference in activity level between John and my other kids. The only thing that was different with John was that he'd sometimes push a little foot or hand or something so hard that I often said to my husband that I thought I was going to have a spontaneous c-section! After he was born and diagnosed and they kept talking about low muscle tone, I had a hard time understanding what they meant because he was the baby that tried to push his way out through my abdominal wall!!! __________________ Ann Mom to Sally, Mark, Jane, John (12/02, DS), and Paul

03-15-2006 07:59 PM

NattysMommy603   Super Member Location: Athens, Alabama Registered: Jun 2003 Posts: 1012 Last visit: 03-21-2006

Even though it's been almost 3 years, I remember her pregnancy like it was yesterday. Natalie moved 24/7! She really kicked it into high gear when she was on monitors at the hospital, yet when we'd have ultrasounds she would turn her back to us and go to sleep with her arms in front of her face. We saw her face twice during her short stay in utero. She still moves around! We even had to place a queen size mattress and box springs on the floor because she doesn't stay in toddler beds, she rolls, or flips out during the night. I call her my manic monkey! __________________ Tracy Proud momma of Natalie Marie 6-8-03 DS, and Tyler Slayton, 4-15-05 (I'LL NEVER FORGET THE IRS NOW!)

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