Baby Movements

blueskies17

Some lucky D'17 mamas are starting to feel baby movements. Tell us all about your baby's itty bitty kicks- are you a FTM/STM, when did you start feeling movements during this pregnancy and/or prior pregnancies, what does it feel like?

I'm a FTM with an anterior placenta, so I'll probably have to live vicariously through you guys for a while!  

anewadventure

this should be a popular post for all the feels

STM here. anterior placenta both pregnancies. 

first pregnancy: didn't officially feel movement til 23 WEEKS. but this is because i didn't know what i was looking for. at 23 weeks it was three giant karate chops to my abdomen, so basically i couldn't possibly convince myself it was gas. i shot up out of my work chair like WHAT THE HELLLLLL

this pregnancy: between 14-15 weeks! so exciting! this is just the basic little swirly movements, i only feel them when lying on my stomach and more recently every single night when i get in bed and finally calm down from the day. first small kick/punch was last night. 

i think you feel them earlier the second time around partially because you just know what it feels like already. i also am definitely "expanding" much faster than last time (LOL). if you think you feel something but aren't sure, you can always try to get the baby to respond by pressing on your uterus or otherwise applying some impetus such as light or cold. this is why lying on your stomach often works, because you compress the space and baby is like "gerrof me man!"

ameliabedelia-2

I felt the baby move for the first time late last week, right around 15w. I am a STM. I felt movement w/DD around 18 or 19 weeks I believe.  For me, it feels like sliding/flopping, rather than kicks. I think it's too early for that. I remember the feelings becoming more distinct with DD until the point where I could tell kicks, hiccups, rolls, etc. Right now it's more just a sensation of "slithering"? I told my husband that and he now calls him Snake Baby. 

katiegeminimoon

@blueskies17 I found out this weekend I also have an anterior placenta, I am pretty bummed I'll have to wait even longer to feel baby.

I am excited to read about everybody's first movement experiences!!!

missbmama

I've been feeling him literally FLIP around for about a week now. At first it was tiny bitty movements at night but now anytime I squish him he moves. Today confirmed that he does somersaults in there lol. We went in and found out he was a boy as he was rolling around. 
Im a third time mom and my first two boys weren't anywhere near as active. I felt my first around 17 weeks and my second liked to kick a lot so I felt him first at about 13 weeks or so.

NME44

Third time mom: first at 14 weeks, second at 12, this one around 11. At first it felt like somersaults. Then sometime last week I got kicked in the cervix which was a pretty surprising feeling. Today I felt a brush against the front of my uterus that was much more like what I'm used to (with the first two I never felt the sometsaults, just little swipes on my uterus.) I'm 14 weeks.

definitely nothing consistent yet.

blueskies17

@anewadventure @ktcakes87 I will try the lying on my stomach thing! I'm generally pretty oblivious of things happening in my body (and outside of it lol) so that makes me think that I won't feel this baby until he karate chops me one day!

TigerCakes

I had an anterior placenta with my first and didn't feel DS until 19 weeks, but DH couldn't feel him until 23 weeks.  I'm 15 weeks now and have thought I felt movement a couple of times.  I have an anterior placenta again though so it may be a little longer until I'm sure.

failuretofly

STM here! Felt the first bumps and jabs a few days ago at 14 weeks! Then they've become more distinguishable over the last few days. I find its easier at work because my scrub pants have a wide waistband that puts just enough pressure right over my uterus to make it easier to feel! Yesterday there were definitely some somersaults!
I felt DS around 17 weeks, in the car with my seat belt pressed against my belly. 

KathrynJ088

Third time mom 16+2 (but last two were almost 10 years ago so I only kinda remember), I started feeling Baby B karate kick me at the top of my uterus before any kind of flutters about 2-3 weeks ago. B doesn't seem to like to be squished, so when I twist or move in certain ways, B let's me know with a quick jab. It always takes me by surprise, so much so that I let out a squeamish noise and my DH always thinks something is wrong with me lol. Baby A, who sits lower in the uterus, hasn't been as active as far as I can tell, but every now and then I can feel A slithering/rolling. Even on ultrasounds A is usually more docile, while B parties it up! 

I'm totally jealous of you ladies that can still lay on your stomachs. I can spiral up my Snoogle pillow and leave a hole in the middle to lay face down for a bit, but no longer than 15ish minutes. Even rolling over to get out of bed has become more difficult!

shellac835

FTM, and it's so hard to tell! Twice now I've felt what I think is a "flutter" that seems different than anything I've felt before, but I'm not totally sure it's the baby.  I'm so excited to feel him, but since I'm just 16 weeks I imagine it will be a few weeks before I can definitively tell it's him.  Any FTM's feeling anything yet?

Amber_Waves

15+2 I felt a definite "shove" from baby when I rolled onto my stomach while sleeping a few nights ago.  Sorry, didn't mean to squish ya, little one.  If this were my first pregnancy, I probably would have thought it was gas!

acgonzalez22

STM. Anterior placenta the 1st pregnancy and felt DS at 19 weeks. This time I felt her between 14 and 15 weeks. I feel her mostly at night once I relax and am in bed. I feel little kicks low but every now and again she gets me good.

YodaIsGreen

I'm a FTM. I asked the doctor and she said I won't feel the baby until 18-22 weeks. I am 13 weeks now so it seems like a long time until I feel the baby. 

SierraGood

STM with DD I felt first really kick a 15 weeks this time around I felt the popcorn/ tiny butterflies feeling around 12 13 weeks and small kicks/bumps around 14 weeks which I mainly feel at night time when my bladder is full and peanut is saying "hey lady it's in my way!!!" And using it as a trampoline lol.

peachy13

@shellac835 I also feel the flutters from time to time! So hard to tell if it's LO or just gas   My doc did say though that since LO is front and center for me (heartbeat is always in same place right under my belly button), that I might feel the baby move earlier than 18-20ish weeks, and that it will feel like bubbles. Only time will tell!

shellac835

@peachy13  Oh I think my baby is in a similar spot based on ultrasounds and doppler! So maybe I am actually feeling a little something    Thank you! This thread is making me want to lay on my stomach on my office floor to see if I feel anything, lol.

kyrwyn

FTM and clueless about these things. I've been feeling little pokes/jabs that don't twinge like muscle pangs but definitely don't feel normal/familiar.  I wonder if it's little guy, or just weird stretching/growing twinges. 

mdcd44127

kyrwyn said:

FTM and clueless about these things. I've been feeling little pokes/jabs that don't twinge like muscle pangs but definitely don't feel normal/familiar.  I wonder if it's little guy, or just weird stretching/growing twinges. 

I have the same issue, where I kind of just assume all the little feelings (sometimes a little painful, sometimes not) are muscle stretching. I wish there was a way to know for sure!

blueskies17

@shellac835 I may or may not have been poking at my belly throughout the day 

atack

Third time-  I have felt baby as early as 12+ weeks, but I think the one day I felt baby that early was him/her flipping position because he/she was upside down at my sonogram. 

I have consistently feeling the baby for baby for two weeks now.  I'm 16.5 weeks now.  

cait5413

STM. Felt baby a few times last week (!3 weeks). I was wearing my belly band--the pressure on the belly seems to make it easier to feel. With my first, I didn't feel anything til about 17 weeks, then felt a "knock, knock" double-tap from baby as well as flutters. This time it's more feeling the rolling around and some wiggles, but it's definitely not consistent yet. 

holzie-2

FTM here.  I have a posterior placenta so I was told I would feel the baby a little sooner.  The past few days I've been feeling "air bubbles" which I have never felt before and they are different than gas bubbles.  I'm pretty sure it's him moving around in there as he was SUPER active during the u/s.  He usually likes to get rambunctious as I'm trying to fall asleep.  

Marley629

STM. I felt DS1 around 17 weeks the first time around.  This LO I felt the flutters around 12 weeks. This one is definitely more active than DS1 was as evident on the ultrasounds so far 

dkizz82

STM I felt DD at around 19/20. I thought I felt this one around 13 weeks and thought I was crazy. I keep feeling it so I'm convinced that's what it is. It's only when I'm in bed and still and relaxed. 

bbylifelove

I'm a first time mom and just starting feeling little kicks 2 days ago at 16 weeks 2 days. Even DH felt it when I lied on my back! They're little but distinct. Super weird and cool! Felt little kicks today while I sat at my desk, and just had a big smile on my face!

disneyfan0511

TTM - I'm 16 weeks on Weds and just started to feel little flutters. Absolutely love it! With each of my pregnancies I've felt the baby right around this time.

AMCsquared

I am 15+1 and I haven't felt a thing. I'm loving the descriptions from STMs! Interesting to read the different feelings.... slither, bubbles, kicks. And interesting to see the different weeks for first time feels.  I want some!

Mandayno

FTM and I'm pretty sure I just started feeling them for the first time yesterday at 15+4. They are tiny little flutters. I can only feel them when lying on my back going to bed. First I wasnt sure if it was gas, but today I was pin pointing the location and it was low so I'm pretty sure LO!

leighalou91

STM here and I felt him/her somersaulting around a few nights ago for the first time. And I've felt movement a few times since then (usually once I'm laying in bed). I'm 13 weeks. I can't remember how many weeks I was with my first! I want to say about 15? 

ETA: so many of you (and moms on my last board) describe feeling "bubbles" or "butterflies". I've never had that! With DD, first time I felt movement it was super obvious and DH was able to feel. And this time was the same way!

dkizz82

@leighaw91 with DD it felt like heart palpitations in my belly. I know it sounds crazy. With this one, it's definite movement. No flutters at all. That's one reason I was second guessing myself. 

whiska

I feel like I started feeling something a few weeks ago around 13-14 weeks.  But it was just a one second flutter at first that I'd feel twice in a day and not for a few more days. ETA I also have an anterior placenta.  From what I can tell on the doppler it's up towards the top of my uterus and to the left. 

Just now and this morning (15+5 today) I keep feeling something and I can't quite tell the difference between ab muscle twitches and actual flutters. Maybe both I'm jealous of you guys who can tell it's somersaults! That's amazing!

cmillar36

I'm a 5th time mommy. But only 2 are earthside. With this pregnancy I first felt movement around 12 weeks. I'm now just past 16 weeks. I don't feel movement everyday but when I do it's a lot in a short period. Mostly just bubbles and waves so far.

shellac835

@blueskies17  Last night at home I layed on my stomach and my husband asked what I was doing, and I told him trying to feel the baby.  He told me to stop trying to squish him, lol.  

thatlauragirl

I was 20 weeks with my first and had an anterior placenta. Just felt this one definitely earlier this morning at 15w2d. To me it felt like 2 fingers lightly tapping me. Crazy, after 7 years I had forgotten how amazing it is!!

GraysonsMama

Third time mom. With my first I had an anterior placenta and felt him around 20 weeks. With my daughter I felt movement around 15 weeks I think and this one was for sure 14 weeks. For all the ladies with anterior placentas: I was so happy to feel my daughter earlier than my son. But something I didn't think about was how much worse the kicks would hurt at the end. The placenta adds some cushion. So while you may feel movement later you may enjoy it longer

Edited to add that drinking really cold water can get them to move!

ashtynmo

How do you know if you have an anterior placenta? At my 8w US they said I have an inverted uterus but they have never mentioned my placenta. I have no other ultrasounds until 20w.

atack

I felt hiccups yesterday!!!!!! 16+4

dkizz82

@atack me too!

blueskies17

@ashtynmo I found out at the 12 week NT scan. The ultrasound technician was taking a bunch of measurements and wrote that on one the scans. I asked about it and she confirmed that I have an anterior placenta.

anewadventure

ashtynmo said:

How do you know if you have an anterior placenta? At my 8w US they said I have an inverted uterus but they have never mentioned my placenta. I have no other ultrasounds until 20w.

you'll have to ask at your a/s
do you mean retroverted uterus? high five, me too.