Anyone else's baby completely refuse to move for dad?!

My baby is kicking so much now, and I feel feel the kicks on the outside as well as inside, yet every time my partner puts his hand on my tummy it's like she knows and goes completely still 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ I feel so bad

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Yep I'm the same 😂 obviously loves mama more

Same here 🤣

Lol this makes me giggle, start as they mean to go on. Is there anything that encourages baby to move? You could try having a hot or cold drink (mine moves more for hot but I know it's often the other way round) or having a snack or something while his hands there.

Dads have to have more patience and not expect to feel the kick on demand😅 My husband is talking to the baby every day, gives lots of kisses to my belly, rubs the cream on the belly. And every night when we are in bed he just holds his hand on the belly. I only move his hand a bit to the spot where I feel baby kicks. In return my husband gets to feel 1-5 strong kicks every day😁 there are more kicks he can’t feel unfortunately, but at least it seems our boy is responding to his dad!

Yep! I have resorted to filming the kicks now 🙂

My first was the same and then one day he decided to lie his head on my stomach and got fully kicked in the head 😂 this one barely moves for me nevermind him haha

Mines the opposite, our baby moves seconds after when my husband talks directly on my belly

Yep 🤣 whenever I call my husband or go to him so he can feel she stops kicking but will always kick when I speak or touch my belly.

Same for me too 🤣🤣

Every time! I call my husband over to feel her kick, she'll stop in her tracks she won't move then soon as he walks off she starts again 🤣

Well I'm glad to hear it's not just me 😂😂 dad will just have to be patient haha! Feel like they do it on purpose sometimes aha!

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I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

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If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

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