What do flutters feel like?

Clery

I'm 17 weeks and two days and not sure I have felt anything. Just wondering how you would describe them?

someflower6

gas. seriously. i had the gas-flutters for weeks and was convinced it was just gas because it was so sporadic. but now that the baby is kicking on a regular basis, i know what it feels like. and it still feels like gas.

KateAndMark

Tiny taps, almost like popcorn popping in your belly.

uagirl

Mine feel like popcorn popping.  It felt different from gas, but not much.

babylove19

Imagine your belly is a fish bowl and there's a fish swimming in your tummy, you'll feel the baby bump up against you. It's awesome!

Cow-girl

With my first pg it felt like little butterflies in my belly...  But most people say it feels like gas..

smileychic10986

babylove19:

Imagine your belly is a fish bowl and there's a fish swimming in your tummy, you'll feel the baby bump up against you. It's awesome!

This!  And sometimes it feels like my stomach is twitching inside.  Like if you were to have your eye twitching or something.

maramarrie

I never had flutters with the first baby; he went straight to kicks. With Harris I felt them a couple times. Imagine a moth that is stuck in a light. It whacks and flies around in a frenzy for a couple seconds, bouncing off the walls, and then rests. The flutters aren't constant, more like little bursts here and there of some flittery movement. First kicks will feel like little pokes from the inside.

ETA: also, once you realize what it is, kicks often feel like muscle spasms in your abdomen. Once you've had the baby you will occasionally have a little muscle twitch in your belly and it will really make you feel like it was a baby kick.