Flutters/First Kicks

bdc2024

Hey ladies, this is my first pregnancy so I have no idea what little flutters would feel like. To moms who have experienced this before: what does it feel like? When did you first feel your baby kick? I'm curious and want to know what to look for. 😁 Thanks! 

cioccolata16

Hi @bdc2024 I’m also a ftm, but just entered the stage of ‘knowing’ it’s a kick. I started to feel odd gas bubbles around 15 or 16 weeks, but it was hard to distinguish from other digestive activity. Then late week 18 I felt a stronger rolling bubble. I have a posterior placenta, so that makes it easier to feel (my husband can even feel some of the stronger kicks now at 19 weeks), but it really took until the end of week 18 to ‘know’ I wasn’t just experiencing gas. Hope that helps!

hedgepig

@bdc2024 With my first I didn't feel anything until 20ish weeks, as I had an anterior placenta, then with my second I probably started feeling her around 16 or 17 weeks? The best comparison for me was that it feels like goldfish swimming in your belly. Remember you'll feel it lower than you may think, since your uterus is still pretty low (depending on how far along you are). Butterflies is also a good analogy. The later kicks feel more like gas bubbles, but the earliest ones to me were very light.

k_simmons

With my first few kicks each pregnancy it feels like tiny gas bubbles / rumbles that are a little less subtle than normal gas bubbles. 

The further they get, to me it feels like someone is lightly flicking you and then the bigger babe gets you can sometimes see body parts go across your stomach. I would see elbows / feet sometimes you can tell when a booty is poking out more, etc. so weird, but so fun and sweet!! 

if you’re lucky enough to NOT get lightning crotch, you don’t have to worry, but sometimes i swear it felt like tons of pressure to my vaginal and then like my kids were literally trying to dig out. And that one hurt!! 😩😆 

bdc2024

Thanks guys! I'm 15 weeks so I'll keep an eye out for the sensations in the coming weeks. Excited! ♡ Although seeing the actual little feet/bum protrude from the belly later on will be strange indeed!