How is your baby moving?

brookelynn1983 · March 2013

My little baby has been moving around a lot! Everyone says it would feel like a butterfly flutter, but it feels more like a twitch... There are quick little jabs and I think I felt some rolling the other day! Pretty cool

What movements has your baby been making? Or, if you already have kids, did the movements they made in your belly give you a prediction of what they would be like as babies/toddlers?

My mom said I didn't move around much, I just stretched. And I guess my husband rolled around a lot. I find it so interesting!

PrimRoseMama · March 2013

Kicks and rolls. This baby is more relaxed than DD was in utero. I don't think movement during gestation has any correlation with toddler behavior. I have no idea how that connection could be made.

Cravings on the other hand have some correlation in my experience. DD had me craving lemonade like crazy. To this day her favorite treat is lemonade.

Britnpat · March 2013

Oh this one LOVES waffles!!

Lelo2006 · March 2013

Mine gets the hiccups twice a day. He rolls around a lot and kicks. He's a crazy man.

Mommy1stTimer · March 2013

I never really felt the flutter movement either. My LO moreso rolls, flips, kicks and gives the occasional jab. Love it every time

jennipalmer · March 2013

I have anterior placenta so I don't feel the regualer small movements I did with other two but he is a mover and a shaker. He does not like the ultrasounds and the dopplers pushing in on him and kicks them during doctors visits. When I start getting hungry I guess he does too because I can feel him moving in there. I have had a couple of jabs take me off guard, one stopping me in my tracks.

KatKimberly · March 2013

I just told my DH, Baby is practicing parkour in there this week. Crazy flips and leaps that often startle me!

fabk · March 2013

Mine is pretty active most days, other days it seems more relaxed. He seems to like to flip around. I do feel kicks every once in a while.

Last night when I was sewing he must have loved the sound because whenever I started the machine up he went wild with movement!

lrichmond86 · March 2013

Mostly stretching here. Maybe twice a day baby gets really active and I get about ten or fifteen minutes of really active kicks and jabs. I have an anterior placenta though, so it's probably happening more often than I feel.

TheLittleRedM · March 2013

Our little boy punches more than he kicks. He's getting stronger every day! Granted, he doesn't do much for the most part. He's pretty quiet but when he wants his presence known, he goes for it Haha

EMF70 · March 2013

I'm 22 weeks and gave yet to feel anything. I guess that's normal for FTM. My doctor said I should feel something in another few weeks.

Melmac2585 · March 2013

This is such an interesting post! Mine only seems to do a series of quick kicks/ jabs- I have yet to feel any fluttery, rolling motions and I often wonder if that's strange since most people refer to movement as sort of soft and fluid. Interesting reading all of your responses!

Stephl6785 · March 2013

This is my second child and with my first he was violent when he moved, even up to the day he was born. I'm very small and he ended up being 8.5 lbs and 21 inches long looked like a 2 month old lol. He was not a good sleeper but a super smart and calm kid. This time were having a girl and she is so much more graceful. Very active but more dance like, I've felt her move since 11 weeks which I know is so early but it's the most enjoyable feeling and Im trying to cherish it because she will prob be our last ! I hope she is a well behaved as our son, (and a bit smaller) all my friends tease me and say she will be the crazy active one because we are so spoiled with him lol!