17w, 5d - should I be feeling movement?

championmama · April 2010

I honestly can't remember when I started to feel movement with B or N, but peoople keep saying you feel it earlier after the 1st one. Plus, I had 3 people tell me today that they don't think I'm getting bigger - so now I've becoeme paranoid. On top of that, I moved last weeks appt to tomorrow, b/c we decided to go to Florida at the last minute for spring break.

Hope everyone is doing well. I need to post pics of Nat's Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st bday party. It was two weeks ago, then I was sick with strep the rest of the week, then in Florida for over a week. We're back and getting back into a routine. Hope to share party and vacation pics soon.

*Amy* · April 2010

I would feel it here and there at that point but nothing consitent. Also you have been very busy in the past week or so and I found when I was very busy I didn't always pay attention and feel it. It could still be early depending on where the baby is positioned.

Mrs.Saxy · April 2010

with my first, I felt movement for the first time when I was 17 weeks, I got a little worried but he moved. HOpefully pp is right and you have just been moving around a lot.

wellfleet04 · April 2010

Do you know if you have an anterior placenta? I had that with Kate and didn't feel her until 22 wks. With Ben, I felt him at 19 wks and no anterior placenta.

Marchmamma · April 2010

I felt all 3 babies late. I was always so jealous of the women who started to feel "kicks" at like 14w. I felt DD#1 at like 18 weeks (nothing big) and then didn't feel her again until 22 w. DD#2 at 21 w and not again until 24w and DD#3 close to 20 w.

adri77 · April 2010

My sister felt her first 2 kids at about 17/18 weeks, but with #3, she said she didn't feel anything until 22 weeks! FWIW, she was a teeny baby too....not even 6lbs, don't know if that really had anything to do with it...but she def. bucked the assumption that you feel 2nd/3rd etc. babies earlier. GL to you!