Movement

aridobbs

I'm 20 weeks and have been feeling movement for about a month. Just wondering how to tell if I'm feeling movement from both twins. My MIL had one stillborn from a set of twins and I'm kinda nervous that something could go wrong with one of mine. At my A/S last week everything looked good. Just looking for a little reassurance I guess.

ktjruss03

I still have a hard time figuring out who I am feeling.  Unless the movement is down really low or up really high to my right side, I don't know who it is.  I definitely couldn't tell at 20 weeks because they moved positions so often.  A lot of the movement I feel now is feet/hands in the center and it could be either baby.  Baby A is head down but slightly to the right of my cervix, and baby B keeps moving between transverse and breech on top and to the right.  They find his heart rate in a different place every time I have an NST or OB appointment.

The only time I can tell for sure is if one of them stretches or when I have a contraction and there little body is sticking out more than the other.   Sorry I can't be any more helpful than that.  I have definitely had my moments of worrying thinking  I was only feeling one baby.  If you are super concerned, call your OB and see if they will get you in for reassurance!  Good luck.

palm513

Location mostly. I could wasn't really able to tell which on it was, until around 28 - 30 weeks when they stopped shifting positions as frequently. Also a lot of it is paying attention mine were on different sleep schedules and that helped... But mothers intuition has a lot to do with it. It was more of a guess at first but then talking to ultrasound techs and doing NSTs about their positions. 

kellibelle0417

ktjruss03:

I still have a hard time figuring out who I am feeling.  Unless the movement is down really low or up really high to my right side, I don't know who it is.  I definitely couldn't tell at 20 weeks because they moved positions so often.  A lot of the movement I feel now is feet/hands in the center and it could be either baby.  Baby A is head down but slightly to the right of my cervix, and baby B keeps moving between transverse and breech on top and to the right.  They find his heart rate in a different place every time I have an NST or OB appointment.

The only time I can tell for sure is if one of them stretches or when I have a contraction and there little body is sticking out more than the other.   Sorry I can't be any more helpful than that.  I have definitely had my moments of worrying thinking  I was only feeling one baby.  If you are super concerned, call your OB and see if they will get you in for reassurance!  Good luck.

this is the same for me except my A and B are on opposite sides.  

SWA80

I'm 26 weeks and I feel A all day long but only occasionally feel B, maybe once a day. He's always wiggling away at my scans I just don't feel much. Placenta is on that side, so that is probably why. It can make you crazy, but I don't think it is unusual.

TobieRose

In my first u/s and both times when they've listened to both heartbeats, Twin A is on the left and Twin B on the right. So mostly I assume that whatever side I'm feeling movement on, it's coming from that twin. (I know I felt Twin A first, and it took me a few more weeks to feel Twin B for whatever reason.)