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eek...my stomach is moving!

darnellsgirldarnellsgirl member
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Hey everybody:

I am 20 weeks... and most recently I checked out my bump and it seems like it moves a little to the rhythm of a heartbeat!  Am I losing my mind or if you sit still enough can you actually see the baby's heartbeat bouncing??? 

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Re: eek...my stomach is moving!

  • pnwmama11pnwmama11 member
    Pretty sure what you are seeing is your own blood flow.
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  • SweetPeanisSweetPeanis member
    I used to see movement but it was when the baby was kicking...never the heartbeat.  Could it be hiccups?
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  • AML84AML84 member
    I was seeing that earlier than 20 weeks in my pregnancy and thought I was imagining things! You probably aren't, but it's probably your own pulse.
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  • KathrynBurkartKathrynBurkart
    That would be pretty fast movements if it was LO's heart beat. I find it hard to believe, maybe like the PP said it could be your own.
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  • loveforlife2009loveforlife2009
    i have noticed this too when i lay in bed and really focus on my stomach and hold my breath. (i hold my breath only so i can actually see the movement) so I made DH watch, and he says ' you know if you hold your breath your heart is still beating' lol.. he thinks it's my own heartbeat, but i thought it was the baby's too, i really don't know. 
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  • darnellsgirldarnellsgirl member
    when you're pregnant the baby can get hiccups??? oh crap...i had no idea. how do you know?
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  • Laura_LeeLaura_Lee

    imagedarnellsgirl:
    when you're pregnant the baby can get hiccups??? oh crap...i had no idea. how do you know?

    if the movement is in a fairly steady rhythm, it's likely hiccups.  I feel my LO have this happen about 3-4 times a day!

     

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  • MrsSRMrsSR member

    Yes, mine moves like that.  It's just your own heartbeat or the extra blood flowing.

    It isn't the baby's heartbeat.

    While you watch, put your finger on your pulse.  It's in rhythm.

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  • eml569eml569
    That's probably your heartbeat, not baby's. It would be nearly impossible to see baby's heartbeat through your stomach muscles - esp at 20 weeks. Look at your chest next time you'll probably see the same thing. Or check your pulse it will be the same. 
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  • SweetPeanisSweetPeanis member
    imageLaura_Lee:

    imagedarnellsgirl:
    when you're pregnant the baby can get hiccups??? oh crap...i had no idea. how do you know?

    if the movement is in a fairly steady rhythm, it's likely hiccups.  I feel my LO have this happen about 3-4 times a day!

     

    Yes and it's super annoying too!!!  DD used to get them all of the time.  DD didn't believe me that you could feel them until one day she had them and I made him hold his hand on my belly.  He felt them for sure.

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  • SallyCampos22SallyCampos22 member

    imagedarnellsgirl:
    when you're pregnant the baby can get hiccups??? oh crap...i had no idea. how do you know?

    My little guy had a ton of hiccups at my last ultrasound. Haven't felt them yet though.

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