FTM - when did you first feel movement?

journeygirl3

FTM here, 18w3d.  Pretty sure I felt movement for the first time on Sunday, but nothing since.  When did you first feel anything?

ksunshine91

18 weeks, 2 days but it took atleast another week for the movement to become more frequent

xsimix

I felt something at 13 weeks then nothing until 22 weeks. So don't be alarmed. My obgyn explained it like this: think of your uterus as if it were a big pool and your fetus is so small that you only feel her when she touches the edges of the pool. So it's hard to ever feel them before 20 weeks

KaLikeAWind

I didn't feel anything *for sure* until about week 21-22. I had been feeling something that was probably baby, but was also so slight (it was fluttery) it was unable to be for sure about it. I had a first *for sure* kick - it felt like someone flicked me with their finger from the inside - and then didn't feel anything again for 3 days. After that it started to be more obvious and consistent

niknak1208

All of mine have been different.  I felt DS at 16 wks. Just tiny little jabs. DD I didn't feel until about 19 weeks.  I was probably my thinnest and most in shape before this pregnancy and I didn't for sure feel this baby until about 22 weeks.  Now he's a little boxer in there. lol And now that I'm 37 weeks it hurts! 

KaLikeAWind

niknak1208 said:

All of mine have been different.  I felt DS at 16 wks. Just tiny little jabs. DD I didn't feel until about 19 weeks.  I was probably my thinnest and most in shape before this pregnancy and I didn't for sure feel this baby until about 22 weeks.  Now he's a little boxer in there. lol And now that I'm 37 weeks it hurts! 

Echoing this. I'm creeping up on 35 weeks and it hurts. Especially today. For some reason today is really an uncomfortable day

jerseygirl227

I didn't really for sure feel LO until 23 weeks, give or take.  I might have felt her before then, but I really couldn't be sure.

ewenner

I didn't feel anything until very late -sometime around 24 weeks - because of an anterior placenta. Even when I finally started felling movement, it took a couple of weeks for me to be 100% sure it was movement and not just my stomach digesting food.

Ourbabygherkin

Around 19 weeks at around 20 weeks it became pretty frequent for me and a few more weeks before my husband could feel something

marijaa333

I was 23-24w by the time I was sure it was baby. Before then, I was convinced the "flutters" were actually gas. I'm still not sure what they were (I was having a lot of gastro issues at the time).  By 23-24 weeks, I could tell it was definitely baby.

honeybee530

FTM here, anterior placenta and I first felt my LO at exactly 17 weeks...it felt like a rolling bubble, lol

LorMor

My first pregnancy, I felt proper movement at 17 weeks. It was a great feeling!

cneiding

usually around 16 weeks I could for sure say that beyond doubt that was baby movement.  It was sometimes spuratic at that point.  By 17 weeks it was pretty much sure I could feel it everyday.  By 18 weeks it was strong enough to notice even when I was still concentrating on trying to feel it.  By 19 - 20 you could visibly see my belly flip flopping as and baby moved