At 20w1d, this was the first day I could feel baby moving constantly all day. The anterior placenta has kept me from feeling a lot of movement until now.
This week (21 weeks along) has been the first time I'm having consistent kicks and movement that I can clearly distinguish. My anatomy scan on Monday confirmed that I have an anterior placenta which is probably the culprit.
I have been feeling baby moving quite a bit over the last 2 weeks, and last night I felt the slightest nudge from the outside...I had DH try and feel and I think he might have felt a little something. He says he did and it coincided with a kick I felt...so here's to hoping it gets stronger and more obvious in the next week or so!
Fingers crossed all you ladies who haven't felt baby move feel them soon!! The anticipation was the worst part for me...and the second guessing myself and wondering "was that baby?"
Second guessing has been my main problem for the last two weeks, which makes sense since baby is too small for it to be obvious. So this week I decided to test it: when I didn't feel her, I put the Doppler wand over her for ten seconds or so and heard no movement; just a steady beat. So I figured she was asleep. Then yesterday when my lower abdomen was going crazy I tried again, and could hardly pick up her heartbeat for more than a couple of seconds because she kept moving, and the Doppler registered a lot of whooshes and "blorp" sounds (lol) and several of them coincided with movement I felt inside. So that confirmed it for me. It's still not constant or strong but it's definite.
@elgie I love that you and your H felt it outside! I can't wait for that part.
Still no movemement for me (18w6d). Starting to get worried.
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
@smallanimal No need to worry. At 20 weeks I told my doctor I hadn't felt anything and she wasn't concerned. As long as your other tests have been fine, there is likely not a problem.
She did say if I was worried,at the end of the day i should lay still with my hand on my pelvic area and focus thoughts on the baby and it might be easier to notice.
DD #1: April 2017 DD #2: May 2020 Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
@catem07 I will try this! anything at this point. The last checkup was two weeks ago, and the next one (anatomy scan) is still a full week away! Thanks for the tip
@SDSwenson I got told that I have the placenta in the right place (so assume it is not anterior) - I know with anterior placenta you feel later... I am not fat at all so really should be feeling stuff now, I am normally conscious of my body and its changes... everytime I have a stomach rumble, i start hoping these days hopefully he will decide to say hello soon.
Thanks for the encouragement
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
@smallanimal you're a FTM right? With DS, I didn't feel him until around 20 weeks and I did not have an anterior placenta then. I know it's hard to not compare yourself to the other ladies here on TB, and it feels like everyone is starting to feel movement and kicks, but at this point in time it's still completely normal not to feel baby.
I have an anterior placenta this go around and am due at the end of April, so I'm sure I'll be the last one to feel movement.
@catem07 I will try this! anything at this point. The last checkup was two weeks ago, and the next one (anatomy scan) is still a full week away! Thanks for the tip
@SDSwenson I got told that I have the placenta in the right place (so assume it is not anterior) - I know with anterior placenta you feel later... I am not fat at all so really should be feeling stuff now, I am normally conscious of my body and its changes... everytime I have a stomach rumble, i start hoping these days hopefully he will decide to say hello soon.
Thanks for the encouragement
I don't really think that's true for a FTM...they usually say 20-23 weeks. You're still pretty early to be feeling anything, I think. I know "try not to worry" isn't very helpful, but you'll be feeling that baby soon.
Me: 31 DH: 36 Married 5 years DD born 8/30/13 #2 expected 4/25/17
Thank you all for the encouragement! @SDSwenson my next appt is the 28th but I might buy a home doppler tomorrow. @cafedisco I thought so too, but look at this thread above and there are many women who say they felt their first baby before 20.,, So that's what started to worry me to be honest. But I know he is growing because my belly just exploded this last week so hopefully all ok with my little one. @KirstinH88 you just said exactly what I was thinking thanks for understanding. Will report any news!
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
Ladies! For the first time yesterday I actually felt what I know was movement. It was quite different from the other sensations I had been feeling. I had DH put his hand on my stomach just to see if he would be able to feel anything and sure enough our little guy immediately gave one huge kick and DH's eyes lit up! It was so neat for both of us and I feel better now that I can definitely say yes-at 21+1 I felt a kick!
FTM, 20w5d and only feeling very muted movement due to anterior placenta. Definitely nothing that DH can feel yet! Trying to be patient now that I know she's doing okay in there.
I'm in the same boat! EDD 4/15. I started feeling my son move when I was 16 weeks and felt regular movements at 17 weeks -- I remember even being able to put my hand on my stomach and sometimes feel him kick from the outside. Now I'm 19 weeks and feeling some movement but not regularly and not nearly as strong. I rented a doppler, so I'm not freaking out or anything, but I wish I was feeling more.
Okay, now I can feel this child "step" on my sciatic nerve. I was laying on my left side last night and could feel pressure/pinching every time the baby moved. This is going to be a long 4 months if the little booger keeps doing this.
Love, love, love my midwife. I told her that I've been feeling a little anxious about not feeling much movement. She eased my nerves and said that even as a third time mom, I likely won't feel consistent movement until around 23 weeks. Then she left the doppler on my belly a little longer than normal so I could listen to the heartbeat extra. Thank God for excellent medical professionals!
I'm starting to feel baby more, last night I woke up in the middle of the night and was laying on my belly and all the sudden he started kicking like crazy. Guess he was getting squished... Then I couldn't go back to sleep because i was thinking I'd feel him more. nope, I just sat up for like 30 min for no reason
I had a dream last night that I was feeling baby and I had my sister try to feel (I think we were at Thanksgiving) and she said she felt a movement too. Ugh!!!! Waking up from that dream was not fun! 17+3 STM with an anterior placenta. No movement yet.
@KirstinH88 ugh, I understand you, I have weird dreams too.. although mines are more horror category! I cannot wait for my baby to move (I am camping in this thread until he does) good luck!!
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
DH felt her kick today! She was dancing quite forcefully just below my belly button so I had him feel. He was pretty excited. He's struggled more than he'd admit over this pregnancy since we're PGAL. Things like this make a huge difference for us and I'm so grateful.
@HGRich that is so amazing, and so early on! I continue to have movement envy. How did he feel about it?
On my end, I *think* I have been feeling *something*, which may be actual movement, or may be just my imagination, because I want it so much! But for the last few days , after eating, when seated or lying down, I feel a sensation that is similar to gas, but not at all the same, very small and a little bit weirder... (and there is no gas coming out afterwards - sorry for the tmi). Sometimes I feel like I know it's him (then other times I think what if I am just imagining it). But in any case, it keeps happening, so maybe it's really my baby
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
@smallanimal that sounds like baby to me too! Especially when laying down and after a meal. Yay! I knew you'd feel soon.
DH is pretty excited. He's not the type to put his hand there all the time in case he feels something so we feel lucky the timing worked out with a forceful kick!
@HGRich that's awesome your DH felt a kick so early! I can feel a lot of movement on the inside, but can't really feel anything that I am certain is baby from the outside yet. I hope it happens soon because I think it will really help him feel more connected to this process. At ~22 weeks, should be soon I hope.
Not sure if this makes a difference but at my anatomy scan they said he was really low and most of the movements I am feeling are really low still, so that might be making it harder to feel from the outside too.
@Smallanimal I'm feeling the same thing! It's usually in the evening after dinner and it almost feels like a muscle twitch, or bubbles.. just a few of them every once in awhile. It's just so hard to tell if it's baby or gas, or muscles spasms...
I'm glad you're feeling the same things! I feel like it might be baby now! It makes me more hopefully I hope you're more hopeful now, too!
@smallanimal that's exactly how I would describe my movement feelings too... almost like bubbles that roll up and pop against the lining of my uterus. Similar to gas but distinguishable especially since no gas comes afterwards. I have an anterior placenta but started to feel movements in week 19, I probably feel about 3 sessions a day especially after I eat. Pretty exciting!
@kitkat8387 thanks! I thought it was too early to feel outside too. But he's felt her a couple times since so maybe she's just really strong. Maybe a future soccer player or martial artist. Haha.
Congrats also to the rest of you starting to feel little flutters and "bubbles"!!
Wow. Woke up at 1am and for the first time, i felt my baby kick properly. Big chunky kicks for at least ten minutes! It was even possible to feel it with my hand on my lower abdomen area. (It was after I emptied my bladder). Weird and amazing at the same time!
Being a worrier, he now stopped and I am of course now panicing about whether anything is wrong.. *rolls eyes at own sillyness*... But also very happy that he finally kicked, properly kicked!!
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
@smallanimal yay!!!! How far along are you? I've been thinking that I'm possibly feeling kicks randomly but I still honestly have no clue cuz this anterior placenta is messing with my mind!
@HGRich thank you! This was ... Something! I cant believe how cool this is... Baby is kicking so happy. Its 2:14am and i cant sleep anymore!
@KirstinH88 exactly 20w2d today, and i felt somehing before but this time it is 100 per cent it was baby, not even a doubt. He does not seem to do "gradual"!!! He was full on drumming inside me
i think if you think you are feeling something it must be it and it may come on suddenly at one point like it did for me... I was on my back, just after being on the loo, so the uterus was lower than usual because of the empty bladder. Plus i had a banana prior.
Let us know how it goes?
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
@smallanimal so happy for you. Hopefully it helps to relieve some of the anxiety. I'm 18+3 so about 2 weeks behind you. Hopefully I will feel something fairly substantial soon....
@KirstinH88 thank you, and good luck! I am sure you will feel something soon, I didnt feel anything until week 20 then yesterday BAM, full on kickfest Keep us posted!
Me: 35 year old FTM, a busy city banker living in London, and a constant worrier. My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever. Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!! Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
@KirstinH88 I also have an anterior placenta and started to feel proper kicks in week 19 (probably 19+3) and over the last two weeks they have gotten more and more noticeable. Before that it was just "maybe?!". I'm sure you're getting close!!!
Do the kicks/punches make anyone else feel a bit queasy? I definitely don't remember it being like this last time. I've been feeling distinct movement around my bellybutton, which I think (hope) are kicks, and lower down at the bottom of my stomach, which I think (hope) are punches. The low punches make me feel a bit sick to my stomach, almost like when your stomach drops on a ride or when driving over a hill. It's a weird feeling.
@blueberry85 yes! Haha. I've had a lot of stomach problems in my life and sometimes baby movement reminds me of various intestinal problems I've had before and makes me feel icky. But it's just distinct enough of a sensation from intestinal problems that it helps (especially the hard kicks). But it is weird.
@Blueberry85 I have anterior placenta so I'm sure I haven't felt Nugget's full "range of movement" yet, but sometimes I feel like she is pushing on one particular spot near my belly button and it makes me slightly nauseous. The stomach dropping on a roller coaster analogy is a good one!
I feel this boy move all.the.time. For over two weeks now I can see the belly jiggle around and see his little feet (not the actual foot shape) poke out. So we can definitely feel him on the outside all the time, too which is so fun for my DD and H.
Yes! whenever he really flips or drastically changes his position, it feels weird, like my stomach is dropping on a rollercoaster. I felt that way with DD, too. This one also likes to kick downward a lot, which actually hurts. I'm kind of fully expecting to pee my pants when I'm farther along and he kicks down
@Blueberry85 The kicks and punches don't seem to make me queasy, but when these two are rolling all over the place, I definitely get that weird stomach dropping feeling!
Re: Movement
Fingers crossed all you ladies who haven't felt baby move feel them soon!! The anticipation was the worst part for me...and the second guessing myself and wondering "was that baby?"
@elgie I love that you and your H felt it outside! I can't wait for that part.
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
She did say if I was worried,at the end of the day i should lay still with my hand on my pelvic area and focus thoughts on the baby and it might be easier to notice.
DD #2: May 2020
Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
My ultrasound tech assured me that baby looks great and is just cozy behind the anterior placenta.
Edited because spelling is hard in the morning
@SDSwenson I got told that I have the placenta in the right place (so assume it is not anterior) - I know with anterior placenta you feel later... I am not fat at all so really should be feeling stuff now, I am normally conscious of my body and its changes... everytime I have a stomach rumble, i start hoping these days
Thanks for the encouragement
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
I have an anterior placenta this go around and am due at the end of April, so I'm sure I'll be the last one to feel movement.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
DH: 36
Married 5 years
DD born 8/30/13
#2 expected 4/25/17
@KirstinH88 you just said exactly what I was thinking
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
Married: 12-04-06
Annabelle: 1-1-08
Patrick: 8-15-10
EDD: 4-20-17
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
ugh, I understand you, I have weird dreams too.. although mines are more horror category!
I cannot wait for my baby to move (I am camping in this thread until he does)
good luck!!
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
On my end, I *think* I have been feeling *something*, which may be actual movement, or may be just my imagination, because I want it so much! But for the last few days , after eating, when seated or lying down, I feel a sensation that is similar to gas, but not at all the same, very small and a little bit weirder... (and there is no gas coming out afterwards - sorry for the tmi). Sometimes I feel like I know it's him (then other times I think what if I am just imagining it). But in any case, it keeps happening, so maybe it's really my baby
@SDSwenson , how is it going for you?
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
DH: 36
Married 5 years
DD born 8/30/13
#2 expected 4/25/17
DH is pretty excited. He's not the type to put his hand there all the time in case he feels something so we feel lucky the timing worked out with a forceful kick!
Not sure if this makes a difference but at my anatomy scan they said he was really low and most of the movements I am feeling are really low still, so that might be making it harder to feel from the outside too.
I'm glad you're feeling the same things! I feel like it might be baby now! It makes me more hopefully
Congrats also to the rest of you starting to feel little flutters and "bubbles"!!
Being a worrier, he now stopped and I am of course now panicing about whether anything is wrong.. *rolls eyes at own sillyness*... But also very happy that he finally kicked, properly kicked!!
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
@KirstinH88 exactly 20w2d today, and i felt somehing before but this time it is 100 per cent it was baby, not even a doubt. He does not seem to do "gradual"!!! He was full on drumming inside me
i think if you think you are feeling something it must be it and it may come on suddenly at one point like it did for me... I was on my back, just after being on the loo, so the uterus was lower than usual because of the empty bladder. Plus i had a banana prior.
Let us know how it goes?
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
Keep us posted!
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
DD1 born 3.2014
DD2 born 4.2017
I feel this boy move all.the.time. For over two weeks now I can see the belly jiggle around and see his little feet (not the actual foot shape) poke out. So we can definitely feel him on the outside all the time, too which is so fun for my DD and H.
@Blueberry85
Yes! whenever he really flips or drastically changes his position, it feels weird, like my stomach is dropping on a rollercoaster. I felt that way with DD, too. This one also likes to kick downward a lot, which actually hurts. I'm kind of fully expecting to pee my pants when I'm farther along and he kicks down