What does a "flutter" feel like in your tummy?

rosiep05 · February 2009

I've been feeling like little tickles in my upper stomach area for a week or so now. It literally feels like someone is tickling me, but from the inside...and it's in the same spot every time. I thought this may be what pregnant-folk call flutters, but thought maybe it's too early. Stick out tongue

is that what a "flutter" feels like?

Bernadette5 · February 2009

It could be. Mine were lower though.

chels0120 · February 2009

That'd be the flutters Smile

Your little one it tickling you! ENJOY

Rizzo5 · February 2009

Yup, sounds right to me. I always describe it as (and this may sound gross) a finger going across my belly from the inside!

QueSara74 · February 2009

Kinda like gas bubbles, but lighter.

rosiep05 · February 2009

Dude, my gas bubbles do NOT feel ticklish at all!!! Those are more like "Take cover...incoming!!!" Tongue Tied

desabean · February 2009

Mine are definitely lower in my abdomen still but I am carrying very low also. They feel like little bubbles popping and as they get stronger it's sort of like a little involuntary twitch in there.

aniceucchik · February 2009

i felt something weird today while eating lunch and a tickle is a perfect description...however it could have been diarrhea also, so who knows...lol!! this is the first time i have had this paticular little feeling-i have felt twinges and tugs here and there, but never a tickle...

Stefaniepr · February 2009

rosiep05:

Dude, my gas bubbles do NOT feel ticklish at all!!! Those are more like "Take cover...incoming!!!"

I literally burst out laughing when I read this post. In fact, I'm still laughing while I write this....ha ha ha ha!

Idhreniel · February 2009

Mine have always been very low and felt like popcorn popping

The New Mrs. · February 2009

My flutters reminded me of when I was a child and would hold a butterfly in my cupped hands. I could barely feel it's wings fluttering against my skin but it was definitely there. That was exactly what I felt in my stomach (nothing like gas bubbles!) it was light and almost tickled and it was definitely something new! But mine was much lower...since your uterus is in your pelvis area and the top doesn't even reach your bellybutton until 20 weeks.

cathy_and_matt · February 2009

Mine are usually much lower, but it does feel like he's tickling me from the inside....except when he's just dancing on my bladder!

musicmama09 · February 2009

Just as a PP said, the best way I can describe it is that it feels like a butterfly trapped inside me - except that I usually only feel one flutter at a time. Mine is also below my belly button and on my right side. Not sure if you would be feeling flutters in your "upper stomach", but then again, I'm not a doctor!

mrsolsenk12 · February 2009

Mine felt just like tickling so I think it could have been. It actually made me laugh out loud several times.

allowry · February 2009

That's probably it. I feel like I have a fish in my stomach but that is all I feel so far.

carrielee99 · February 2009

Idhreniel:

Mine have always been very low and felt like popcorn popping

Yes mine felt the same. More of a light thump instead of what I imagine fluttering to feel like. It should be low though. You're not that far along for it to be high on your stomach. When the nurse checks my baby's heartbeat, she always real low on my stomach. Several inches below my bellybutton. That's where I always feel something.